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Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca [a] [b] (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.
The Cortesian documents are a compilation by José Luis Martínez of handwritten historical texts related to Hernán Cortés. The documents are divided into three parts: those Cortés wrote himself; those written by others in his name or by commission; reports about facts that interested him.
Route of the 1539 voyage by Francisco de Ulloa from (Acapulco) along the west coast of Mexico. Francisco de Ulloa (pronounced [fɾanˈθisko ðe wˈʎoa]) (died 1540) was a Spanish explorer who explored the west coast of present-day Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula under the commission of Hernán Cortés.
Since July 1, 2016, the Texas Historical Commission has operated the site as Mission Dolores State Historic Site. [1] [2] [3] San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes Early 1717 The mission was attacked by French soldiers in 1719 and was abandoned. Moved and renamed San Miguel de Cuellar de Linares de los Adaes. [4] San Miguel de Cuéllar de Linares ...
Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España (transl. The True History of the Conquest of New Spain) is a first-person narrative written in 1568 [1] by military adventurer, conquistador, and colonist settler Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492–1584), who served in three Mexican expeditions: those of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1517) to the Yucatán peninsula; the expedition of ...
Locust Grove State Historic Site: West Feliciana Parish: 1 acre (.4 ha) Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site: St. Martin Parish: 157 acres (64 ha) Los Adaes State Historic Site: Natchitoches Parish: 14 acres (6 ha) Mansfield State Historic Site: De Soto Parish: 178 acres (72 ha) Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site: Iberville Parish: 14 ...
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