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Definition of Hernan Cortes
1. Noun. Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547).
Generic synonyms: Conquistador
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hernan Cortes
Literary usage of Hernan Cortes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Central America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"Cortes (Hernan), Aventuras y Conquistas de Hernan Cortes en Mi'-jico. ...
Cortes (Hernan), Cartas y Relaciones de Hernan Cortes al Emperador ..."
2. A Year in Spain by Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (1831)
"Steamer Hernan Cortes.—Guadalquivir.—Bonanza. — Perplexities at Santa Maria.—Arrival
at Cadiz.—Its Situation and early History.—Its Destruction by Essex. ..."
3. List of Members by Hakluyt Society, Galpin Society (1903)
"40—The Fifth Letter of Hernan Cortes To the Emperor Charles V., containing an
Account of his Expedition to Honduras in 1525-26. Translated from the original ..."
4. History of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Henry Lebbeus Oak, Frances Fuller Victor, Alfred Bates (1883)
"... and Duero prevailed with the governor, and on the 23d of October, 1518, his
instructions to Hernan Cortes, commander-in-chief of the expedition, ..."
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