Transcript Hernan Cortes

Hernan
Cortes
By: Taylor, Maggie, and
Morgan
Hernan Cortes
Fun facts about Hernan
Cortes!
 Hernan
was born in 1485. In Medellin,
Extremadura.
 He died in Spain on December 2, 1547.
 He first served as a soldier in the
expedition.
 Made a city out of stone named Mexico
City.
Where did he sail?
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He sailed to the coast of Yucatan on February
18,1519. He had sailed 11 ships, 508 soldiers,
and most important16 horses. In March, 1519
he landed at the city of Tabasco, where he
stayed for a time in order to gain intelligence
from the local Indians.
He sailed to Mexico with 500 soldiers.
He also sailed to Honduras ,Cuba, Aztec
Empire.
Who gave him the boat and
money for the voyage?
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Cortes got his boat from the Spanish
government.
Also, Cortes burned his boat so his soldiers
couldn’t.
Cortes had about 11 boats .
Cortes got all of his money from the Spanish
government.
Hernan had never had a lot of money but the
Spanish government decided to help him and
sponsor him.
What was Cortes major
accomplishment?
 Cortes
was a Spanish conquistador who
defeated and conquered the Aztec
Empire.
 He was considered a god by the Aztecs.
 The Aztecs welcomed him to their country
as a hero.
What was the importance of
his voyage?
 Mexico
was just newly discovered when
Hernan Cortes was allowed to lead a
small expedition to explore.
 Cortes claimed the land for Spain and
began his conquest.
 He met his future mistress.
 He learned Mayan and Nahuati.
Hernan’s voyages
Journal #1
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We stared in new Mexico. We travel by boat
and brought food, water and animal skins.
The captain of the boat was Hernan Cortes.
The dates of the trip were February 18,1519
and March 1519.We traveled from New
Mexico to through the following cities
Journal #2
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One of the bad things about exploring with
Hernan Cortes is there is a lot of people on
the boat. Hernan burned ten boats but we
got to explore Mexico. Hernan liked to
explore. The people that we meet didn’t like
the Aztecs. When we discovered the Aztecs
they were very nice to us. They though
Hernan was a god. When he figured it out he
was greedy and asked for more gold.
Journal #3
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Hi, I was on the ship mate on Hernan Cortés's
ship. The ship was miserable. I was in the
bottom of the ship and wasn’t aloud to get
out unless I did work on the ship. There were
many people around me and they had
diseases and everyone was starving. Other
ships would also come after us. The ships tired
to rob us. I heard that Hernan soldiers left him
and didn’t have anyone for a period of time.
Journal #4
 One
of the good things about exploring
with Hernan Cortes was we get to explore
México and got to stay with the Aztecs.
Hernan owed all the land that the Aztecs
were on. We got gold and jewelry from
the Aztecs. Hernan saw no point on
hurting the Aztecs. the Aztecs loved
Cortes they thought we would protect
them but that’s not true.
Journal #5
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Hi, I have been at the Aztec empire and we
gathered gold which Cortes was excited
about. Cortes was excited about the gold
because its our money these days. Also, we
gained the Aztec empire and the Spain
empire. I have had a pretty interesting
adventure here in the Aztec empire. I will
always remember the horrible ships and the
difficulties a long the way.
Journal #6
 My
name is Taylor. We traveled on the
boat to Mexico and we traveled for 200
miles. We had on the boat food and
money and other things when we got
there thousands of native Americans
watched us when unloading the boat.
Sources
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http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/
cortez.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/cortez.htm
www.chroniclesofamerica.com/spanishconquerors//hernan_cortes.htm
Book sources
History alive: The United States through
Industrialism.
American History Textbook.