Hernán Cortés : conquistador, colonizer, and destroyer of the Aztec Empire /
Greek, Joe,
Hernán Cortés : conquistador, colonizer, and destroyer of the Aztec Empire / Joe Greek. - First edition. - 48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm - Spotlight on explorers and colonization . - Spotlight on explorers and colonization. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Early life in Spain -- Setting sail for the new world -- Conquest of Cuba -- First steps toward Mexico -- Meeting Mexico's natives -- A message from the Aztec ruler -- Marching toward the Aztec capital -- Welcomed by Moctezuma -- Cortes takes control -- An arrest party comes for Cortes -- Aztec anger boils over -- Escape from Tenochtitlán -- Cortes regroups as Aztecs fall ill -- The fall of the Aztec empire -- The conqueror of New Spain -- Fall from power -- Final expedition and death -- A disputed legacy.
9781477788127 (library bound) 1477788123 (library bound) 9781477788103 (pbk.) 1477788107 (pbk.)
2015050844
Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547.
Explorers--Mexico--Biography.
Explorers--Spain--Biography.
Conquerors--Mexico--Biography.
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540.
Mexico--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
Illustrated works.
Biographies.
Hernán Cortés : conquistador, colonizer, and destroyer of the Aztec Empire / Joe Greek. - First edition. - 48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm - Spotlight on explorers and colonization . - Spotlight on explorers and colonization. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Early life in Spain -- Setting sail for the new world -- Conquest of Cuba -- First steps toward Mexico -- Meeting Mexico's natives -- A message from the Aztec ruler -- Marching toward the Aztec capital -- Welcomed by Moctezuma -- Cortes takes control -- An arrest party comes for Cortes -- Aztec anger boils over -- Escape from Tenochtitlán -- Cortes regroups as Aztecs fall ill -- The fall of the Aztec empire -- The conqueror of New Spain -- Fall from power -- Final expedition and death -- A disputed legacy.
9781477788127 (library bound) 1477788123 (library bound) 9781477788103 (pbk.) 1477788107 (pbk.)
2015050844
Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547.
Explorers--Mexico--Biography.
Explorers--Spain--Biography.
Conquerors--Mexico--Biography.
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540.
Mexico--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
Illustrated works.
Biographies.