Antique 1873 engraving, Hernan Cortes. Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (1485-1547) was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. SOURCE: ORIGINAL ENGRAVING.

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