Sikunikeza i-biography kaHernán Cortés, omunye wabalingiswa abamele kakhulu emlandweni wokunqotshwa kweNew Spain ...
Wazalelwa e-Extremadura, eSpain. Ufundele ezomthetho e Inyuvesi yaseSalamanca okweminyaka emibili.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-19 waqala ukungena e-Indies, wayozinza eSanto Domingo, lapho akhombisa khona ukuzimisela nokuzikhandla. Ngo-1511 wahamba no UDiego Velazquez ukwenza ikoloni iCuba, ezinikele lapho ukufuya izinkomo futhi "ukuqoqa igolide."
Uhlele lohambo lokuya eMexico, washiya ngoFebhuwari 11, 1519 ngemikhumbi eyishumi, amatilosi ayi-100 namasosha angama-508. Wehlela esiqhingini saseCozumel futhi waqhubeka ngasogwini waze wafika esiQhingini Semihlatshelo. Kusungulwe i- IVilla Rica de la Vera Cruz futhi kamuva, ngosizo lwamaTotonac namaTlaxcalans, wangena Tenochtitlan lapho amukelwa khona Moctezuma.
Wabuyela eVeracruz ukuyobhekana Pánfilo de Narváez, owayevela eCuba ezolandela. Lapho ebuyela eTenochtitlan wathola abaseSpain bevinjezelwe yiMexico ngenxa yokubulawa kwabantu Ithempeli elikhulu. Wabaleka namabutho akhe esuka edolobheni ngoJuni 30, 1520 (the Sad Night).
Ku- Tlaxcala wayalela ukwakhiwa kwezigilamkhuba eziyi-13 avimbezela ngazo idolobha izinsuku ezingama-75, okwathi ekugcineni wazibopha Cuauhtémoc, ukuthola ukuzinikela kweMexico.
Wanqoba isifunda esiphakathi neMexico futhi IGuatemala. Ngesikhathi sakhe njengoMbusi noCaptain General waseNew Spain, wakhuthaza ezomnotho nomsebenzi wezithunywa zevangeli. Uhole umkhankaso ohlulekile eLas Hibueras (Honduras) wokunqoba uCristóbal de Olid. Esolwa phambi kwenkosi yokusebenzisa kabi amandla ngesikhathi sokuphatha, wasuswa esikhundleni sokuba ngumbusi.
Emzameni wokubuyisa uhulumeni waseNew Spain, waya edolobheni elikhulu, yize athola isihloko sobukhosi se- IMarquis yesiGodi sase-Oaxaca ngezibonelelo eziningi zomhlaba kanye nabaphansi. Wahlala eNew Spain kusukela ngo-1530 kuya ku-1540. Ngo-1535 wahlela umkhankaso oya eBaja California, lapho athola khona ulwandle olubizwa ngegama lakhe.
Kakade eSpain wabamba iqhaza ohambweni lokuya e-Spain I-Algiers. Ushonele eCastilleja de la Cuesta ngo-1547. Ngemuva kwezigameko eziningi nangokuvumelana nezifiso zakhe, amathambo akhe okwamanje alele Isibhedlela de Jesús eMexico City.
