Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conquistador/explorer (jan 1, 1485 – jan 1, 1485)

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Discovered the ancient civilization of the Aztecs. He was born in Medellin, Spain 1485. Cortes grew up to one day be called the greatest Spanish explorer in the Americas. Cortes was part of the generation in the Spanish colonizers that began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of Americas.
Hernan Cortes was able to conquer the Aztec Empire by scaring the natives with16 horses, gaining alliances with the other enemies of the Aztec, having superior and better weapons than the natives armor and having steel.