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Born in Medellin, Extremadura, Spain
Spanish nobility his parents were Martín Cortes de Monroy and Catalina Pizarro Altamarino -
The expedition to Cuba consisted of four vessels with 300 men. Hernando Cortes was chosen to accompany Velazquez on the expedition
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The towns of Trinidad, Santo Espiritu, Puerto Principe, and Santiago de Cuba were founded
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Hernando Cortes and his soldiers sailed to the Yucatan Penisula and march inland to Tenochtitlan
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Cortes establishes the town of La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz. To prevent any possibility of desertion and retreat he literally burns all of his boats
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the cuase of death was unspecified.