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Hernán Cortés was born in Extremadura. He was a central figure in the conquest of Mexico at the turn of the 16th century, overthrowing the Aztec empire which, under the Crown of Castile, became known as “New Spain”.

On his expedition to America, he took part in the conquest of the Haitian chiefs on the island of Hispaniola, after which he served as a public scribe.

While holding this new position, in 1511 he was appointed mayor of Santiago de Cuba and recruited by the governor of Cuba, Diego Velázquez, who sought to entrust him with the expedition to the Yucatán peninsula.

Cortés set out on his journey to Yucatán without requesting the governor’s authorisation, which would earn him the governor’s enmity.

The Battle of Centla culminated in the taking of the city of Potonchan, and the founding of the town of Santa María de la Victoria.

Among the gifts offered by the defeated was a woman known as La Malinche, who came to be known as Doña Marina and who would become a k