In their efforts were to no avail. Eager for wealth, Cortes had the talent to anchor in Havana harbor (now Cuba) and leave their shores on February 10, 1519. Nine ships sailed south by the band and the band two ships north. The conquest of the Aztec empire would commence. a The Aztec Empire (mistakenly called Aztec), had controlled all the current center of Mexico and ruled over UNAA multitude of subjects people who longed for his downfall.
Cortes, perceptive than anyone, wanted to take advantage of that weakness in his favor. However, he did not expect that attributed his landing on Mexican soil as the fulfillment of a great prophecy: The Return of Quetzalcoatl (the chief god in the Aztec pantheon.) The scouts astounded that they saw, spoke of the men of Cortes as white-skinned bearded men who came from a montanas that moved on water . Xocoyotzin Montezuma, the Aztec supreme leader, to those unexpected visits, ordered the calpixque of Cuextlan called Pinotl, build towers and install guards on the coast of Nautla Mitlanquactla Toztlan and to monitor the possible return of the boats. In principle, there was nothing to regret. Early and brief encounters ended in trade in the Spanish privileged, of course, gold.
It was not until they reached Centla current state of Tabasco, where first met (Battle of Centla, March 14, 1519) with the Mayan Indians. The natives were terrified when he saw the horses, new to them, and the outbreak of firearms. And Victoria, were invited to the delivery of several women, one of whom, Malinche (Malinche) would be the mother of a daughter of Cortez and interpreted as official entrants dominated the Mayan and Nahuatl, the two main indigenous languages. Cortes, after founding the Villa Rica de la Veracruz (Veracuz today), would meet the Totonac Zempoala, from whom he received information about King Montezuma II.
Cortes, perceptive than anyone, wanted to take advantage of that weakness in his favor. However, he did not expect that attributed his landing on Mexican soil as the fulfillment of a great prophecy: The Return of Quetzalcoatl (the chief god in the Aztec pantheon.) The scouts astounded that they saw, spoke of the men of Cortes as white-skinned bearded men who came from a montanas that moved on water . Xocoyotzin Montezuma, the Aztec supreme leader, to those unexpected visits, ordered the calpixque of Cuextlan called Pinotl, build towers and install guards on the coast of Nautla Mitlanquactla Toztlan and to monitor the possible return of the boats. In principle, there was nothing to regret. Early and brief encounters ended in trade in the Spanish privileged, of course, gold.
It was not until they reached Centla current state of Tabasco, where first met (Battle of Centla, March 14, 1519) with the Mayan Indians. The natives were terrified when he saw the horses, new to them, and the outbreak of firearms. And Victoria, were invited to the delivery of several women, one of whom, Malinche (Malinche) would be the mother of a daughter of Cortez and interpreted as official entrants dominated the Mayan and Nahuatl, the two main indigenous languages. Cortes, after founding the Villa Rica de la Veracruz (Veracuz today), would meet the Totonac Zempoala, from whom he received information about King Montezuma II.
