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485 – December 2, 1547
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Kri C on 03 Oct 12He was born in 1485 and died in 1547
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An undated engraving of Cortés by W. Holl Part of the series onSpanish colonization of the Americas Inter caetera Pacific Northwest California Colombia Florida Guatemala Aztec Empire Inca Empire Yucatán Conquistadores Diego de Almagro Pedro de Alvarado Vasco Núñez de Balboa Sebastián de Belalcázar Francisco Vásquez de Coronado Hernán Cortés Luis de Carabajal y Cueva Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada Juan Ponce de León Francisco de Montejo Pánfilo de Narváez Juan de Oñate Francisco de Orellana Francisco Pizarro Hernando de Soto Pedro de Valdivia This box: view talk edit P
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were made for Cortés to sail to the Americas with a family acquaintance and distant relative, Nicolás de Ovando, the newly appointed governor of Hispaniola (currently Haiti and the Dominican Republic), but an injury he sustained while hurriedly escaping from the bedroom
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In 1518 Velázquez put him in command of an expedition to explore and secure the interior of Mexico for colonization
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n 1518 Velázquez put him in command of an expedition to explore and secure the interior of Mexico for colonization