An introduction to Spanish conquistador Hernando Cort?s, discussing his early life, his conquest of the Aztec empire in the sixteenth century, the establishment of a Spanish colony in the New World, and Cort?s' legacy.
A dramatization of the sad and haunting Mexican legend, the Crying Woman, about the Spanish conquistador Hern?n Cort?s and a native Mexican woman who served as his translator.
Chronicles the life of explorer Hernan Cortes, discussing what he hoped to find while exploring Mexico, why he decided to destroy Tenochtitlan, and how his journey shaped the future of Mexico.
Examines the Christian views of explorers Christopher Columbus and Hern?n Cort?s, arguing that evangelizing was one of their main reasons for coming to the New World and that this fact has been obscured by revisionist history; and also discusses the early Norse explorers and the Crusades.
A brief biography of the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistador, focusing on his role in the invasion and destruction of the Aztec civilization in Mexico.