Hernán Cortés, conquistador Espagnol, (1780). Artiste : Pierre Duflos

• Contributeur: Heritage Image Partnership Ltd / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: DDXWJ0
• Taille du fichier: 60,7 MB (3,9 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 3714 x 5709 px | 31,4 x 48,3 cm | 12,4 x 19 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 1780
• Lieu: World,North and Central America,Mexico
• Photographe: Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

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Hernan Cortes, Spanish conquistador, (1780). Landing in Mexico in 1519, with a force of only some 600 men, Cortes (1485-1547) succeeded in overthrowing the empire of the Aztecs, a civilization numbering 5 million. He was able to achieve this partly due to the natives being terrified of the Europeans' horses and firearms, neither of which they had seen before. In addition, the Aztecs believed a prophecy that they would be visited by a light-skinned bearded god, the Quetzalcoatl, who had taught them agriculture and government in the past, and whose return they were to welcome with great ceremony. Cortes was able to exploit his resemblance to the Quetzalcoatl in the eyes of the Aztecs to great effect.

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