The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . HERNANDO CORTEZ, the con-queror of Mexico, was born inMedellin, in the Province of Es-tremadura, Spain, in the year1485. His ancestors had enjoyedwealth and rank ; but the familywas now poor. His father, a cap-tain in the Spanish army, poor,yet proud of the Castilian bloodwhich flowed in his veins, cher-ished ambitious views for his Cortez was sent to theUniversity of Salamanca ; but he had no inclination for study,and the two years spent there were worse than wasted. Heleft this seat of learning at t
The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . HERNANDO CORTEZ, the con-queror of Mexico, was born inMedellin, in the Province of Es-tremadura, Spain, in the year1485. His ancestors had enjoyedwealth and rank ; but the familywas now poor. His father, a cap-tain in the Spanish army, poor,yet proud of the Castilian bloodwhich flowed in his veins, cher-ished ambitious views for his Cortez was sent to theUniversity of Salamanca ; but he had no inclination for study,and the two years spent there were worse than wasted. Heleft this seat of learning at the age of sixteen, and in the nextyear enlisted in an expedition, under Gonsalvo de Cordova, toist the Italians against the French. Just as the expeditionwas on the point of starting, a sudden illness compelled himto remain at home. In 1504 Cortez sailed for Santo Domingo, now calledHaiti, where a relative of his was Governor. Here sewn warswere spent in an idle and voluptuous life. In 1511 the Span-iards determined on an expedition against the Island of Cuba,and Cortez obtained
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