On March 4, 1519, an expedition lead by this man landed in what is now Mexico.
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Cortes. Hernan Cortes de Monroy y Pizarro was born into a minor noble family in Medellin Spain. He sought his fortune in the New World. He and his men landed at what is now Veracruz, Mexico, and through a combination of trickery and military force soon conquered the mighty Aztec Empire.