Posts Tagged ‘cortes’

HIDDEN HISTORY: ‘Blood & Treasure’, Hernan Cortes & The Fall Of Tenochtitlan

HIDDEN HISTORY: ‘Blood & Treasure’, Hernan Cortes & The Fall Of Tenochtitlan SM Source – theamericanconservative “…According to John Keegan’s History of Warfare, “there is a cruelty in the warfare of some pre-Columbian peoples of North and Central America that has no parallel elsewhere in the world.” When the Aztecs are compared to other ancient empires, […]

Scholarly Sleuths Scuttle Shady Sale of Letter Sent to Hernán Cortés

In September 2020, a trio of scholars based in Mexico and Spain managed to stop the sale of a valuable historical document that had been stolen from the National Archives of Mexico (AGN),  Mexico News Daily  reports. The manuscript in question was a letter written in 1521 to the Spanish conquistador  Hernán Cortés , sent […]

Hernan Cortes: The Conquistador Who Beat the Aztecs

Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conquistador who lived between the 15th and 16th centuries AD. He is best remembered for his expedition against the Aztec Empire centered in Mexico. This was part of the first phase of Spain’s expansion into the New World. Hernan Cortes’ expedition resulted in the collapse of the Aztec Empire, and the control […]

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