1 ottob 1519 anni - Hernan Cortes exploration

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the first explorer to come across a major American civilization, Tenochtitlan. (Aztec Empire)

BTW, Spanish Conquistador (wanting to spread Christianity and gain new land)

Cortes dominated the Aztec empire with superior military tactics and tools (gunpowder and iron weapons) as well as the spread of SMALLPOX

LATER, Fransico Pizarro conquered the Aztec Empire, holding the king captive, receiving ransom, and killing him anyway. (BTW, Pizarro was a Spanish Conquistador - wanting to spread Christianity and gain new land)

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