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Name: Ivanna Lértora. Date: 04/12/12
Homework:
Christopher Columbus: Born on 31 October 1451 in Genoa and die 20 May 1506 in Spain. He entered this epic adventureunder a contract with the Kings of Spain (at the time, Castile and Aragon kingdoms) and the exceptional outcome of his enterprise made him to become a national hero of Spain,under the name of Christopher Columbus.

Moctezuma: Moctezuma II born in 1466 – 29 June 1520, also known by a number of variant spellings including Montezuma, Moteuczoma, waswas the ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan, reigning from 1502 to 1520. The first contact between indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica and Europeans took place duringhis reign, and he was killed during the initial stages of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, when Conquistador Hernán Cortés and his men fought to escape from the Aztec capitalTenochtitlan.

Hernan cortes: was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico underthe rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Cortés was part of the generation of Spanish colonizers that began the first phase of the Spanish colonization of theAmericas.

Francisco Pizarro: Francisco Pizarro González born in 1471 or 1476 – 26 June 1541 was a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire. In 1502, the fleetsailed to the Indies wearing Nicolas de Ovando, the new governor of the Spanish. Restless man of strong character and failed to adapt to the sedentary life of the colonizer,why he decided to participate in the expedition of Alonso de Ojeda who explored Central America 1510 and then in the Vasco Nunez de Balboa who discovered the ocean Pacific 1513.