Definition of Hernan Cortes

1. Noun. Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Hernan Cortes

Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermannia
Hermannia verticillata
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type VI
Hermaphroditus
Hermes
Hermian
Hermione
Hermissenda
Hermitian
Hermogenian
Hermogenians
Hermosillo
Hernan Cortes (current term)
Hernan Cortez
Hernando Cortes
Hernando Cortez
Hernaria
Hernaria glabra
Herndon
Herne
Hero
Hero of Alexandria
Herod
Herod the Great
Herodian
Herodians
Herodotean

Literary usage of Hernan Cortes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Central America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"Cortes (Hernan), Aventuras y Conquistas de Hernan Cortes en Mi'-jico. ... Cortes (Hernan), Cartas y Relaciones de Hernan Cortes al Emperador ..."

2. A Year in Spain by Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (1831)
"Steamer Hernan Cortes.—Guadalquivir.—Bonanza. — Perplexities at Santa Maria.—Arrival at Cadiz.—Its Situation and early History.—Its Destruction by Essex. ..."

3. List of Members by Hakluyt Society, Galpin Society (1903)
"40—The Fifth Letter of Hernan Cortes To the Emperor Charles V., containing an Account of his Expedition to Honduras in 1525-26. Translated from the original ..."

4. History of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Henry Lebbeus Oak, Frances Fuller Victor, Alfred Bates (1883)
"... and Duero prevailed with the governor, and on the 23d of October, 1518, his instructions to Hernan Cortes, commander-in-chief of the expedition, ..."

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