the seas to discover shorter routes by the sea to India. Among their journeys, the Europeans found new lands. The people they met were unfamiliar to them. The Europeans were amazed by how these “savages” lived, the clothing they wore, and the weapons they made. With Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortes explorations, the Europeans were exposed to the new civilizations. Europeans and Natives were introduced to new crop and livestock, and Natives were exposed to diseases. Columbus and Cortes landed…
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Cortes, a Crossroads Where the Exotic Meets Modern Honduras, it is a name that strikes curiosity into the minds of even the most ignorant. It is a place unlike anything seen in the United States, Europe, and even Asia. It is not like the eternal megapolises of New York or the endless planed prairies of Iowa. It does not have famous cities like Los Angeles (at least famous in a positive sense) or smooth paved roads that go on forever until the sky meets the land. What Honduras does have unlike…
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Cortes was a man of ambush, bravery, and most importantly he was a Spanish conquistador. He led a very powerful army in the words of his God, he took over an empire and killed the great Moctezuma. He was a manipulator and a warrior, who should be remembered for his skills in battle and his smarts to convince people. Cortes was very wise, he had brought in new weapons such as guns, cannons, and horses to defeat the Aztec empire and take control over Tenochtitlan. Firstly, when Cortes first arrived…
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The Age of Exploration/Age of Discovery is when the Europeans began exploring the world by sea to find trading partners, new goods, and new trade routes. This age would allow explorers to simply learn more about the world by going using a ship to explore the world. Whatever the reasons though, the information gained during the Age of Exploration significantly helped. It gave the Europeans of geographical knowledge and led to believe that the world was round instead of it being flat. Many maps…
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Following the success of Columbus’ expeditions in the early 16th century, an archetypal Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortes, set out to explore the coast of Mexico, but instead encountered and conquered the Aztec Empire, consequently earning political success and control of the Aztecs, ultimately leading to consolidation of Spanish control in the entire Mexican region. An exponential increase in the exploration of the Americas’, in an effort to spread Christianity, and conquer new territories…
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one of the discrepancies on file. These signs as expected made the Aztec people and Aztec king (Motecuhzomas) worried and on edge until one day in 1519 a report was received by Motecuhzomas from a common man, that strange mountains floating on the sea have been seen towards the east. Just before the Spaniards were first seen, there were 2 more omens witnessed in Tlaxcula that continued to confuse the Aztec people. When Motecuhzomas heard of this report he sent for his own trusted servant to confirm…
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Hernan Cortes: Cortes was born around 1485 in Medellin, Spain and was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. Who defeated the Aztec Empire in and claimed Mexico for Spain. Cortes joined an expedition to Cuba led by Diego Velazquez in 1511. Cortes was to command his own expedition but Velazquez denied the order. Cortes still went on to his expedition and traveled with 500 men and 11 ships to Mexico in 1519. Francisco Pizarro: Pizarro was born cica 1476 in Trujillo, Spain. Pizarro was a Spanish known…
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· Aztecs- Native American empire that controlled present-day Mexico until 1521, when they were conquered by Spanish Hernán Cortés. The Aztecs maintained control over their vast empire through a system of trade and tribute, and came to be known for their advances in mathematics and writing, and their use of human sacrifices in religious ceremonies. · Battle of Acoma- Fought between Spaniards under Don Juan de Oñate and the Pueblo Indians in present-day New Mexico. Spaniards brutally crushed the Pueblo…
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The Age of Exploration was fueled by a combination of economic, political, cultural, and religious factors. Europeans sought wealth and resources through new trade routes to bypass Ottoman control and access markets in Asia. Competition among nations like Spain, Portugal, England, and France drove exploration as countries vied for power and territories in the New World, leading to the establishment of colonies and control over valuable resources. The intellectual and cultural movements of the Renaissance…
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We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure (Cortes, n.d.), an infection which drives a desire to discover new lands never heard of, seen of, or dreamt of before; what motivates us to glorify our great nation and worship the one and only god - our God. Welcome fellow Spaniards, hola, it is I, Hernando Cortes, captain of the caravel and leader of this expedition. I urge you to come and join with me, in my return to the city of Technochtitlan, in North America, where stories…
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