Five Letters of Cortes to the Emperor: 1519 -1526

Five Letters of Cortes to the Emperor: 1519 -1526
Hernando Cortes
These five letters from Hernando Cortés to Emperor Charles V of Spain between the year 1519 and 1526 chronicle the expansion of the Spanish Empire into Mexico.
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Hernando Cortés, born 1485, was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish colonizers who began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. He died in 1547.