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A map depicting Cortés's invasion route from the coast to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. In 1518, Velázquez put Cortés in command of an expedition to explore and secure the interior of Mexico for colonization. At the last minute, due to the old argument between the two, Velázquez changed his mind and revoked Cortés's charter.
A proposed route for the de Soto Expedition, based on Charles M. Hudson map of 1997. [1] This is a list of sites and peoples visited by the Hernando de Soto Expedition in the years 1539–1543. In May 1539, de Soto left Havana, Cuba, with nine ships, over 620 men and 220 surviving horses and landed at Charlotte Harbor, Florida. This began his ...
English: The route of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in central Mexico. Used by Hernán Cortés and troops, from 1519 to 1521 and 'victory' at Tenochtitlan. Français : La Conquête du Aztec-Mexique par Hernán Cortés.
Reason to use the other file: "The source of that other map is more recent and reliable." Description Conquest of Mexico 1519-1521.svg Français : Route d' Hernán Cortés lors de la conquête de l'Empire aztèque (1519-1521).
A map showing the de Soto route through the Southeast, 1539–1542 The viceroy of New Spain Antonio de Mendoza , for whom is named the Codex Mendoza , commissioned several expeditions to explore and establish settlements in the northern lands of New Spain in 1540–1542.
Map of the Valley of Mexico on the eve of the Spanish conquest. On 8 November 1519, after the fall of Cholula, Cortés and his forces entered Tenochtitlan, the island capital of the Mexica-Aztecs. [49]: 219 It is believed that the city was one of the largest in the world at that time, and the largest in the Americas up to that point. [79]
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (English: The Royal Road of the Interior Land), also known as the Silver Route, [1] was a Spanish 2,560-kilometre-long (1,590 mi) road between Mexico City and San Juan Pueblo (Ohkay Owingeh), New Mexico (in the modern U.S.), that was used from 1598 to 1882.
Hernando de Soto was born around the late 1490s or early 1500s in Extremadura, Spain, to parents who were both hidalgos, nobility of modest means.The region was poor and many people struggled to survive; young people looked for ways to seek their fortune elsewhere.