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Hernán Cortés and Diego Velázquez

Cortés was born in to Martín Cortés de Monroy and Doña Catalina Pizarro Altamarino, minor nobles in Medellín, Spain. He studied in Salamanca for a time but soon grew restless and left Spain in to explore the New World.

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The young Cortés landed in Hispaniola, or modern-day Santo Domingo. He served as a notary in the town of Azúa for a few years before joining Diego Velázquez on a expedition to Cuba, where he climbed the ranks of the local government to become mayor of Santiago.

Not content on dry land, Cortés was to set sail for Mexico in , this time in command of his own expedition, but Velázquez cancelled the trip.

Defiant, Cortés set sail for Mexico anyway with men and 11 ships to seek his fortune.

Cortés ‘Discovers’ Mexico

Cortés and his crew reached Mexico in February of They dropped anchor at Tabasco, where he gained intelligence from locals about the land he desired to conquer. They also gave him gifts in the fo