The Spanish colonization of Mexico began with Hernán Cortés's expedition in 1519 and led to the dramatic fall of the powerful ...

The island city of the Aztecs was the Venice of the so-called New World. Causeways stretched over a salt lake, past canals and floating gardens. A grand market overflowed with exotic vegetables ...

MEXICO CITY - The body of Hernan Cortes, the conquistador who launched three centuries of Spanish rule in Mexico, today lies all but forgotten in a Mexico City church, even as a new debate rages ...

In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that for centuries has been shaped by just one perspective: a European one. The story of how Hernán Cortés and a few hundred Spaniards ...

This is where one of the great military expeditions of history began: Hernán Cortés´s march in 1519-20 from the Gulf of Mexico to Tenochtitlán, seat of the Aztec empire.

Cortes, Hernan original artist Carnicero, D. A. graphic artist Carmona, D. J. A. Description This engraving shows Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), the Spanish captain who headed the conquest of the Aztec ...