Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador, or conqueror, who is best remembered for conquering the Aztec Empire in 1521 and ... the eve of their long march. "Cortes then adduced many beautiful ...

This 18th-century oil painting, part of the Conquest of Mexico series at the Library of Congress, shows Hernán Cortés poised at the gates of the capital of the Aztec Empire. After the expedition ...

In 1521, Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés completed the invasion of Mexico’s most powerful empire. His glorified tale starts out ... own people to the Spanish overcoming a vastly larger Aztec army ...

In 1519, the Spanish conquistadors began their conquest of Mexico, and by August 1521 the Aztec Empire was no longer. Mexico City, where Tenochtitlan once stood, recently marked 500 years since ...

The story of how Hernán Cortés and his small army of conquistadors conquered the mighty Aztec Empire, in the heart of what's now modern Mexico City, has become a foundational myth of European ...

Languages: English, Spanish Underwater archaeologists have discovered two 500-year-old iron ship anchors that may have belonged to the fleet of Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. Mexico's ...

ARABLOUEI: So he sets his sights on this new empire ... Aztec emperor Moctezuma initially welcomes the newcomers as guests. But Cortes has other intentions. UNIDENTIFIED VOICE ACTOR: (As Hernan ...

As if this were not enough, the Mexican president along with Mexico City authorities added a third major anniversary to this calendar year: 700 years since the founding of the Aztec Empire in May ...

writes University of Madrid anthropologist Jose Luis de Rojas in his book "Tenochtitlán: Capital of the Aztec Empire" (University ... a warm welcome. Cortes then repaid the ruler by taking ...

Enrigue presents us with two societies that feel far removed from our modern sensibilities, one of which — the Aztec empire — has often been shoddily reproduced, its complexity buffed away.