By: Bennett and Topher Hernan Cortes was born 1485 in Medellin, Spain. His father was a captain in the Spanish army. Cortes went to college at the University of Salamanca. He eventually married Catalina Suarez Marcaida. Cortes’s full name is Hernan Cortes de Monroy y Pizarro. He Died on December 2, 1547 and his wife died in 1522.

 Hernan Cortes was born 1485 in Medellin, Spain. His father was a captain in the Spanish army. Cortes went to college at the University of Salamanca. He eventually married Catalina Suarez Marcaida. Cortes’s full name is Hernan Cortes de Monroy y Pizarro. He Died on December 2, 1547 and his wife died in 1522.

 He used his own money to pay for his journey. The cost included paying for his soldiers and sailors.

 Cortes got permission from the governor of Cuba to go to Mexico and find gold and claim territories for Spain.

 In February 1519, Cortes sailed from Cuba with 11 ships and about 600 men.

Cortes went to Mexico to find gold and claim territories for Spain. He sailed to the first island of Cozumel, off the eastern coast of Yucatan

 Name: Hernán Cortés  Occupation: Explorer, Military Leader  Birth Date: 1485  Death Date: December 2, 1547  Place of Birth: Medellin, Spain  Place of Death: Castilleja de la Cuesta, Spain

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