This Spanish conquerer captured Mexico and Central America for his home country in the 1500s
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With an army of just 600 Spanish conquistadors, Cortés defeated the Aztec Empire, no small feat considering that the Empire had six million inhabitants when he arrived. Cortés died of pleurisy in 1547, at the age of 62 and heavily in debt.
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This Spanish conquerer captured Mexico and Central America for his home country in the 1500s
- Hernando Cortés
- Francisco Pizarro
- Simon Bolivar
- Juan Ponce de Leon
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