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Hernando Cortes 1511-1540. Born in 1485, in Spain In 1511 he joined Spanish explorer, Diego Velasquez Later, Cortes didn’t follow Velasquez’s orders Died.

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1 Hernando Cortes 1511-1540

2 Born in 1485, in Spain In 1511 he joined Spanish explorer, Diego Velasquez Later, Cortes didn’t follow Velasquez’s orders Died in 1547, in Spain Life of Cortes

3 He wanted to become famous like Christopher Columbus Mexico Cuba In Mexico the Aztecs offered a slave The slave helped Cortes conquer the Aztecs Explorations

4 1511-1540 Mexico MexicoCuba Map -Red line is Cortes’s Route

5 Cortes tricked the Aztecs, because they thought he was the “White God” Cortes brought horses to the New World Cortes took the Aztecs gold. After Cortes took the gold he sent some back to Spain Cortes built settlements Encounters with Natives

6 Mariah & Keldon http://images.google.com/images?q=Hern ando+Cortes&gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&s tart=20&sa=N&ndsp=20 Credits

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