cortez!!!!!
-born in Spain, in Medellin in 1485
-exploring: first went to the Dominican Republic (it was called Santo Domingo) in 1504 at age 19
-he helped in the Spanish conquering of Cuba in 1511
-mexico was discovered by a spanish explorer: de Cordoba in 1518
-cortez went to mexico in march 1519 with 600 men, and horses
-he befriended the Tlaxcalans who were emenies of the aztecs
-he went to inner mexico to Tenochtitlan
-the aztecs rebelled and tried to drive out cortez in june 1520 but cortez conquered them in 1521 and captured thier capital
-he was made gov of Spain in 1523
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