Journal Entry #1 Hernando de Soto Born: 1500‚ Province of Badajoz Type: Spaniard We have started our journy with our new leader Hernando de Soto‚ the man with many flaws. We have been sent away ‚ and by we I mean a small group of horseman‚ to find riches such as gold and silver prohaps even slaves. We have been picked by how well can fight and defend ourselfs. Hernando has been equipped with 600 men (picked out by how well they can fight)‚ 10 ships‚ servants‚ staff‚ 200 horses‚ and a pack of blood
Premium Conquistador Mexico Native Americans in the United States
lasted from 1300-1521 CE. The Mayan society was from the year 200-900 CE. Hernan Cortes along with the Spanish army of five hundred‚ and thousands of Indian warriors declared war with the Aztecs. Moctezuma believed that the person coming towards his land was Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl who was forced into exile‚ but promised to return. Topiltzin was born in the year ce acatl‚ departed during ce acatl. Coincedently Cortes came in the year of ce acatl‚ unfortunately for Moctezuma having his guards down
Premium Mexico Mesoamerica Mexico City
deceiving. From the beginning Cortes made moves to openly try to undermined Monctezuma. Cortes made early alliances with the know enemies of Monctezuma and the Aztecs. This is not the actions of a good and trust worthy friend. Someone who is trying to become friends with a person they don’t know well doesn’t make friends with their enemies. Cortes’s also tried to buy off Monctezuma when he wrote in his letter "Moctezuma came down the middle of this street with
Premium Mexico Mexico City Aztec
of Mexico and the interaction between Hernado Cortes and Montezuma who was the ruler of the Aztec Empire. The three accounts share some similar stories on between Montezuma and the Spaniards or conquistadors especially Hernado Cortes. But the three accounts also differ in the stories it tells. The similarity between the three accounts is that Montezuma and his lords and nobles receives or greets Cortes and his men. In addition it seems that Cortes and Montezuma were in good terms with each other
Premium
Americas were not inhabited by Europeans until around the 1500s. Europeans were drawn to the Americas because of the promises of riches and religious zeal. Columbus discovered the Caribbean islands and explored them in 1492. Cortes landed in Mexico in 1519. However‚ before Cortes landed in Mexico‚ it was already inhabited by a Native American tribe‚ the Aztecs. The Aztecs were a Native American tribe that lived in Tenochtitlan. Tenochtitlan was the capital of the Aztec empire. The only weapons that
Premium Mesoamerica Aztec Mexico
Who: Hernan Cortes and some conquistadors What: White Europeans had single handedly conquered the indigenous people of Latin America When: Cortes led the expedition in 1519‚ between 1530’s - 1560’s Why: Slowly within years‚ Hernan Cortes took part in conquests of Cuba and Hispaniola‚ and received more land an native slaves because of this result -“Thousands of native warriors swarm like bees upon the vastly outnumbered conquistadors‚ who against all odds fend them off and survive to fight another
Premium Mexico Spanish colonization of the Americas Mexico City
The Aztec empire was of immense population and size which benefited from a central control. Cortes had discovered that his conquest of Mexico would not be as easy as Pizarro’s conquest of the Incas. The process the leadership being killed after gradual trade would not be possible in Mexico. It was the religious beliefs of the Aztecs that gave Cortes and his men the opportunities necessary for conquest. Thesis. The Aztecs were a very complex people. They were a civilization over 2000 years old
Premium Mesoamerica Aztec Mexico City
Cortes was a Spanish conquistador who led the expedition to the Aztecs. He landed on the coast of Mexico in 1519 with an army of around 600 men‚ 16 horses and a few cannons. Cortes and his men made their way inland to the capital of the Aztecs‚ capturing cities and gaining extra soldiers from the people who were left after his men took over. He spoke to the natives through his translator Malinche‚ a young Indian woman. They made their way to Tenochtitlan‚ where Aztecs were conquering and sacrificing
Premium Mexico Mexico City Aztec
This primary source is a letter from Hernan Cortes to Charles V. Hernan is a direct participant and an authority on the matter. From the source we can tell that the author is a firm believer in God‚ maybe a Christian. He also addressed the emperor Charles V directly in the letter which could signify that he is upper class (Internet History 2018). He is also literate and an adventurous. The source is a letter Hernan Cortes wrote as the second official report on his achievements and activities in
Premium Mexico Mexico City Spain
Document Analysis: The Second Letter of Henan Cortés to Charles V The Second letters to Charles V were written by Hernan Cortés of Spain in 1520. The letters were sent to Charles V to justify Cortés actions of attacking the Aztec ’s against his superiors order. The letters that Cortés wrote details the lifestyle‚ and culture of the Aztec ’s and how worshipped pagan gods. This document is a set of letters that Hernan Cortés wrote detailing his experiences within the area known today as Mexico. These
Premium Aztec Mexico Mexico City