Person: CORTÉS, Hernán (1485-1547)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Hernán CORTÉS

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

Spanish soldier and explorer; subject of lantern slides

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

1485

born at

Medellin, Extremadura, Spain

2 December 1547

~63

died at

Castilleja de la Cuesta, Andalusia, Spain

Slides showing image of this person

slide image -- Portrait of Hernando Cortes

slide image -- Hernando Cortes before Charles V

slide image -- Hernando Cortes burning his ships

Slide set reference

image appears in: Spanish historical portraits and relics: and Spanish history as depicted by Spanish artists (lecture: Newton & Co., 163 slides, in/before 1913)

Notes

His full name was Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro

Lucerna ID 6004262

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 29 August 2016

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Person: CORTÉS, Hernán (1485-1547)