Question

Which route represents the path taken by the Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés (Cortez)?

A)
A


B)
B

C)
C

D)
D

Answer 1

The route that represents the path taken by the Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés (Cortez) is letter A) he got to the coast of Veracruz, México, and from there he advanced to Tlaxcala, Cholula, and eventually the Great City of Tenichtitlán (today Mexico City).

Hernan Cortés (1485-1547) was the Spanish conqueror that conquest the formerly powerful Aztec Empire with the help of Native American tribes such as the Tlaxcalteans and Cholulans, that were enemies of the Aztecas because the Aztecs forced them to pay tribute. After the conquest that spilled so much blood, Cortés was appointed the first governor of the New Spain territory in 1522.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. The route that represents the path taken by the Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés is represented with the letter A.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conqueror who, at the beginning of the 16th century, led the expedition that initiated the conquest of Mexico and the end of the Mexica empire, placing it under the control of the Crown of Castile, creating the colony of New Spain.

He was born in Badajoz, Spain, in a family of lesser nobleman. He decided to seek fortune in the New World by traveling to Hispaniola and Cuba, where for a short period of time he was mayor of the second city founded by the Spaniards on that island. In 1519 he was elected captain of the third expedition to the mainland, which departed from Cuba in February of 1519 and reached Mexico in March of the same year.