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[[Image:Hernán Cortés.jpg|right|Hernan Cortés depicted in the conquest of Mexico and the liberation of Aztec victim Indigenous groups.]]

[[Image:Hernán Cortés.jpg|right|Hernan Cortés depicted in the conquest of Mexico and the liberation of Aztec victim Indigenous groups.]]

'''Hernando Cortés''' (Medellin, [[Spain]], 1485 - Castilla de la Cuesta, Spain, 1547) was a Spanish [[Conquistador]].  He is famous for his conquest of the [[Aztecs]] allying himself with the Indigenous groups that were Aztec's victims of human sacrifices, a practice that stopped after their defeat. In February 1519, Cortés departed for the new world. His mission: to bring [[Catholicism]] to the [[pagan]] nations of the new world, his banners read "Brothers and companions, let us follow the Sign of the Cross with true faith and in it we shall conquer." All the equipment he had was 11 ships, 508 Spanish soldiers, 100 sailors, 16 horses (unknown to the New World), and 4 small cannons.  

'''Hernando Cortés''' (Medellín, [[Spain]], 1485 - Castilla de la Cuesta, Spain, 1547) was a Spanish [[Conquistador]].  He is famous for his conquest of the [[Aztecs]] allying himself with the Indigenous groups that were Aztec's victims of human sacrifices, a practice that stopped after their defeat. In February 1519, Cortés departed for the new world. His mission: to bring [[Catholicism]] to the [[pagan]] nations of the new world, his banners read "Brothers and companions, let us follow the Sign of the Cross with true faith and in it we shall conquer." All the equipment he had was 11 ships, 508 Spanish soldiers, 100 sailors, 16 horses (unknown to the New World), and 4 small cannons.  

The journey to the new world lasted over two months, and the Spanish commander and his soldiers finally set foot in the new world on Good Friday of that year. The day was the 22nd of April, in the year of Our Lord 1519. To the Aztecs it was the year 1- Reed, the day 9-Wind. Supposedly, in Aztec religious tradition, on this day their chief god, Quetzalcoatl, had been predicted to return to conquer the evil spirits who had expelled him from that land. The prediction of the returning god was that he would come  wearing black, and armored in shining plates of steel. Ironically, the Spaniards came dressed in all black, as was the ancient European custom on Good Friday, and the Spanish military was always armed with steel or brass armor.     

The journey to the new world lasted over two months, and the Spanish commander and his soldiers finally set foot in the new world on Good Friday of that year. The day was the 22nd of April, in the year of Our Lord 1519. To the Aztecs it was the year 1- Reed, the day 9-Wind. Supposedly, in Aztec religious tradition, on this day their chief god, Quetzalcoatl, had been predicted to return to conquer the evil spirits who had expelled him from that land. The prediction of the returning god was that he would come  wearing black, and armored in shining plates of steel. Ironically, the Spaniards came dressed in all black, as was the ancient European custom on Good Friday, and the Spanish military was always armed with steel or brass armor.