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Title: Hernando Cortes 1485-1547


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Hernando Cortes 1485-1547
  • By Fatme Mahmoud

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Explorers name
  • Hernando Cortes
  • Country he sailed for Spain
  • Date he explored 1504

3
Cortess early life
  • Hernando Cortes was born in 1485 and he was
    Spanish.
  • He died in 1547 In a town near Seville, Spain.
  • In the 1520 Cortes and his army retreated from
    the Aztec Capital.
  • Cortes was eager for fame and fortune.

4
What was Cortes looking for
  • Hernando Cortes was looking for things that made
    him rich like gifts of gold and spices
  • Cortes knew the Aztecs had gold so he killed them
    and stole there gold.

5
The Route Cortes took
  • Hernando Cortes explored La Paz to Mexico and
    back to La Paz.
  • Here is a picture of the route he took.

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Interesting things about Cortes
  • Some interesting things about Cortes is that
    Cortes was forced to go to Mexico and find gold.
  • Cortes captured Montezuma in his city.
  • Velazquez sent forces to arrest Cortes and he was
    forced to leave

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Discoveries
  • Cortes went to Cuba and found out that Mexico had
    good riches

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Additional facts
  • Velazquez canceled the expedition but Hernando
    disregarded his orders and went to Mexico with
    eleven ships and also with a small army

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Were I got the information
  • Grolier website Cortes Hernando (1485-1547 )
  • Google pictures (Hernando Cortes ) and Grolier
    www.Grolier.com
  • Book name Hernando Cortes
  • Author R. Conrad Stein
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