Francisco Hernández de Córdoba was a Spanish conquistador from Córdoba, known for the ill-fated expedition he led in 1517, in the course of which the first European accounts of the Yucatán Peninsula w
A contemporary portrait of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba in the Museo Histórico Naval, Veracruz, Mexico
Hernán Cortés
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Hernán Cortés, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish conquistador, military commander, explorer, captain general, and writer who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (Yucatán conquistador)
…and Gonzalo Guerrero, were living only several days' walk from the present site. The Spaniards would not learn of these two men until the expedition of Hernán Cortés, two years later. The Spaniards found a solidly-built well the Indians used to provide themselves with fresh water from which the visitors filled their…
18th-century portrait of Cortés based on the one sent by the conqueror to Paolo Giovio, which has served as a model for many of his representations since the 16th century
Weiditz's depiction of Cortés in 1529
Copy of a portrait of Cortés dated to the year 1525
Cortés scuttling his own fleet off the coast of Veracruz in order to eliminate the possibility of retreat