| LC control no. | n 80133120 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547 |
| Variant(s) | Cortés, Hernando, 1485-1547 Cortéz, Hernando, 1485-1547 Valle de Oaxaca, Hernando Cortés, marqués del, 1485-1547 Valle, Hernando Cortés, marqués del, 1485-1547 Cortéz, Hernán, 1485-1547 Cortés, Fernando, 1485-1547 Oaxaca, Hernando Cortés, marqués del Valle de, 1485-1547 De Oaxaca, Hernando Cortés, marqués del Valle, 1485-1547 Cortez, Fernand, 1485-1547 |
| Other standard no. | Q7326 49223767 0000000121318008 |
| Birth date | 1485 |
| Death date | 1547-12-02 |
| Place of birth | Medellín (Spain) |
| Place of death | Castilleja de la Cuesta (Spain) |
| Profession or occupation | Conquerors Soldiers Explorers |
| Found in | Encicl. univ. ilus. (Cortés, Hernán) Encycl. Britannica (Cortés, Hernán or Hernando, 1485-1547) Histoire de la conquête du Mexique, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne, 1692: t.p. (Fernand Cortez) Britannica online, Nov. 26, 2012 (Hernán Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca, Cortés also spelled Cortéz; born 1485, Medellín, near Mérida, Extremadura, Castile; died Dec. 2, 1547, Castilleja de la Cuesta, near Sevilla; Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain) Wikipedia, Nov. 27, 2012 (Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca; born 1485; died December 2, 1547; Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the 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 the Americas) |
| Associated language | spa |
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