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    Hernan Cortez left Cuba in 1519 with over 500 men to explore Mexico. Upon arriving in Mexico, Cortez and his men began traveling towards the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs initially did not resist, believing the Europeans were gods from an ancient prophecy. However, after seeing the Aztec's wealth, Cortez sought to conquer their empire. Within a few short years, despite being vastly outnumbered, Cortez and his small army defeated the powerful Aztec civilization, allowing Cortez to rule Mexico on behalf of Spain.

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    Hernan Cortez left Cuba in 1519 with over 500 men to explore Mexico. Upon arriving in Mexico, Cortez and his men began traveling towards the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs initially did not resist, believing the Europeans were gods from an ancient prophecy. However, after seeing the Aztec's wealth, Cortez sought to conquer their empire. Within a few short years, despite being vastly outnumbered, Cortez and his small army defeated the powerful Aztec civilization, allowing Cortez to rule Mexico on behalf of Spain.

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    Hernan Cortez left Cuba in 1519 with over 500 men to explore Mexico. Upon arriving in Mexico, Cortez and his men began traveling towards the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs initially did not resist, believing the Europeans were gods from an ancient prophecy. However, after seeing the Aztec's wealth, Cortez sought to conquer their empire. Within a few short years, despite being vastly outnumbered, Cortez and his small army defeated the powerful Aztec civilization, allowing Cortez to rule Mexico on behalf of Spain.

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    Hernan Cortez left Cuba in 1519 with over 500 men to explore Mexico. Upon arriving in Mexico, Cortez and his men began traveling towards the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs initially did not resist, believing the Europeans were gods from an ancient prophecy. However, after seeing the Aztec's wealth, Cortez sought to conquer their empire. Within a few short years, despite being vastly outnumbered, Cortez and his small army defeated the powerful Aztec civilization, allowing Cortez to rule Mexico on behalf of Spain.

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    Christopher Columbus is one of the most famous explorers.

    He made four voyages to the New World, yet he died thinking he had reached the Indies. Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa in 1451. Columbus spent the early months of 1492 getting ready for the voyage. His three ships--the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria--set sail from Palos, Spain, on August 3. Columbus captained the Santa Maria. The captains of the other two ships were brothers, Martin Pinzon (Pinta) and Vicente Pinzon (Nina). On October 12, they saw land. They landed at San Salvador, in the Bahamas. They met friendly natives there and then sailed on to Cuba and to Hispaniola. There, the Santa Maria was wrecked. Columbus got his men ashore and onboard the Nina. Then, they headed back to Europe.

    Hernan Cortez In 1519 an explorer by the name of Hernan Cortez left his home in Cuba in order to explore Mexico. Cortez and over 500 men arrived in Mexico, and began traveling towards the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. The Aztec Empire was wealthy, and in many ways more advanced than any European nation In addition, many of the peoples who had been conquered by the Aztecs were unhappy about the way they had been treated by them. The Aztecs were brutal, and often sacrificed the people they conquered to their gods. As a result, many of these people were ready to join forces with Cortez and his men to overthrow the Aztec Empire. At first the Aztecs did not fight back. They thought that the Europeans were the fulfillment of an ancient legend that spoke of white bearded gods. After seeing the wealth of their empire Cortez setout to take control of it. Within just a few years, he and his small army were able to defeat one of the most advanced civilizations of the era, setting Cortez as the ruler of Mexico, in behalf of Spain.

    March 4, 1513 - Ponce de Leon leaves Puerto Rico to explore the coast of Florida, looking for the Fountain of Youth. There were two hundred men and three ships undertaking the exploration. April 2, 1513 - Ponce de Leon sites land near St. Augustine, coming ashore the next day and claiming the land for Spain. He names the land La Florida, after the Easter season, Festival of Flowers. Above right, painting of Agueybana greeting Juan Ponce de Leon by Agustin Anavitate.

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