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*Hernan Cortez was born in Medallin,Spain in 1485.
EARLY YEARS
*When Cortez was almost eighteen he sailed to an island called Hispaniola,then the west Indies.He was also a soldier.
REASON FOR EXPLORING
*The reason for Cortez's exploration was to build colonies in different places.
COUNTRY THAT SPONSERED VOYAGE
*The country that sponsered his voyage is Spain.
AREA EXPLORED AND ACHIVEMENTS
*Cortez explored Tenochtitlan,he siezed Montezuma and forced him to surrender.Then he had Montezuma and his attakers executed.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT CORTEZ.
*Cortez traveled on ten ships with five hundered fifty spainiards,three hundered natives,thirteen horses,and ten cannons.
*He fought natives.
*He arrived in Cuba and burned his ten ships.
THE YEAR CORTEZ DIED
*Sadly Cortez died in 1547.