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14 unusual facts about Hernán Cortés


Arquebus

Arquebuses were carried by some of the soldiers of Hernán Cortés in his conquest of Mexico in the 1520s, and arquebuses played an important role in the victories of Cristóvão da Gama's small and outnumbered army in his 1541–42 campaign in Ethiopia.

Aztec Century

In this world, Cortez changed sides at the onset of the Conquistador era in the early 16th century, leading to the repulsion of Spanish invasion and occupation of Central America.

Aztec Rex

A group of conquistadores led by Hernán Cortés later arrive on the location and venture into the forest to make camp.

Charles François Antoine Morren

Hernán Cortés brought vanilla to Europe, but for more than 300 years the pollination mechanism remained a mystery.

Enchilada

Writing at the time of the Spanish conquistadors, Bernal Díaz del Castillo documented a feast enjoyed by Europeans hosted by Hernán Cortés in Coyoacán, which included foods served in corn tortillas.

Folk dance of Mexico

There are dancers who represent the main protagonists including Hernán Cortés, La Malinche and Moctezuma.

Frederick Albion Ober

During his writing career, which lasted 30 years, he wrote more than 40 books, mostly travel books, but also bird books, and biographies about Amerigo Vespucci, Hernán Cortés, and Israel Putnam.

Henry Dwight Sedgwick

Cortés the Conqueror: The Exploits of the Earliest and Greatest of the Gentleman Adventurers in The New World (1926)

Hernán Cortés

In his letters to King Charles, Cortés claimed to have learned at this point that he was considered by the Aztecs to be either an emissary of the feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl or Quetzalcoatl himself – a belief which has been contested by a few modern historians.

Mexican Federal Highway 95

The oldest reference to a road between Mexico City and Acapulco date to 1531, when Hernán Cortés ordered the construction of a passage in order to move supplies between the capital and the coastal city.

Nicholas Shaw

In 2008, he played Sandoval in an episode of Heroes and Villains about Hernán Cortés.

Ocarina

Different expeditions to Mesoamerica, including the one conducted by Cortés, resulted in the introduction of the ocarina to the courts of Europe.

Pais

Ampelographers believe that along with the Criolla Grande grape of Argentina and Mission grape of California, that the Pais grape is descended by the Spanish "common black grape" brought to Mexico in 1520 by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.

Tecaxic-Calixtlahuaca head

The date range for the burial includes the early period of European exploration of the Americas, though it predates the first sustained contact with Mexico under Hernán Cortés.


Andrés de la Tovilla

After several attempts to conquer Guatemala, in 1525, Hernán Cortés sent Diego de Mazariegos and Andrés de la Tovilla, along with a group of 150 foot soldiers and forty horses, to complete the conquest.

Gastón de Peralta, 3rd Marquis of Falces

Some personalities of high position, including some close relatives of Hernán CortésMartín, Don Martín Cortés y de Zuñiga, and Luis (his sons, and half-brothers of each other) — were involved in this plot, which was made known to Peralta while he was still in Veracruz, that is before he had entered Mexico City to take up his office officially.

Jan Mostaert

Although the narrative in the painting was thought to depict a number of different events, including Columbus on the island of Guanaja, Hernán Cortés in Mexico, and the Portuguese invasion of Brazil, it is actually the story of Coronado's search for the seven cities of gold in the Zuni village of Cibola in New Mexico and Arizona in 1540-42.

Luis Carrillo

In 1565, Martín Cortés, Marquess del Valle, son and heir of Hernán Cortés, and Luis, another son, were the leaders of this conspiracy (the Conspiracy of 1565).

Miyahuaxochtzin

A descendant of Miyahuaxochtzin, Hernando Huehue Cetochtzin, was taken along with many other indigenous nobles on conquistador Hernán Cortés's expedition to Honduras, during which he died.

North Dakota State Capitol

Other statues on the capitol grounds include Sakakawea, John Burke, Cortés, Buffalo, Pioneers of the Future, Purple Heart Memorial, Peace Officers Memorial, French Gratitude, and USS North Dakota bowplate.

Spanish missions in Mexico

In 1533, at the request of Hernán Cortés, Carlos V sent the first Franciscan monks with orders to establish a series of installations throughout the country.