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

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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.

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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.

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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