Timapereka mbiri ya Hernán Cortés, m'modzi mwa anthu oimilira kwambiri m'mbiri yakugonjetsedwa kwa New Spain ...
Adabadwira ku Extremadura, Spain. Anaphunzira zamalamulo ku Yunivesite ya Salamanca kwa zaka ziwiri.
Ali ndi zaka 19 adayamba Indies, ndikukakhazikika ku Santo Domingo, komwe adawonetsa kukhumba kwake komanso kulimba mtima. Mu 1511 adachoka ndi Diego Velazquez kuti apange Cuba, kudzipereka komweko kuti akweze ng'ombe ndi "kutolera golide."
Anakonza ulendo wopita ku Mexico, kuchoka pa February 11, 1519 ndi zombo 10, oyendetsa sitima 100, ndi asilikali 508. Adafika pachilumba cha Cozumel ndikupitilira m'mbali mwa gombe mpaka kukafika ku Island of Sacrifices. Anayambitsa fayilo ya Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz ndipo kenako, mothandizidwa ndi ma Totonacs ndi Tlaxcalans, adalowa Tenochtitlan komwe adalandiridwa Moctezuma.
Anabwerera ku Veracruz kukakumana naye Pánfilo de Narváez, yemwe anali atabwera kuchokera ku Cuba kudzafunafuna. Atabwerera ku Tenochtitlan adapeza a ku Spain atazunguliridwa ndi Mexica chifukwa cha kuphedwa kwa Kachisi wamkulu. Anathawa ndi ankhondo ake kuchokera mu mzindawu pa Juni 30, 1520 (Usiku Wachisoni).
Mu Tlaxcala adalamula kuti pakhazikitsidwe ziphuphu 13 zomwe adazinga mzindawo kwa masiku 75, kumapeto kwake adatenga wamndende ku Kutchu, kupeza kudzipereka kwa Mexica.
Adagonjetsa chigawo chapakati cha Mexico ndipo Guatemala. Munthawi yaulamuliro wake komanso kazembe wamkulu wa New Spain, adalimbikitsa chuma komanso ntchito yaumishonale. Adatsogolera ulendo wopita ku Las Hibueras (Honduras) kuti akagonjetse Cristóbal de Olid. Akuimbidwa mlandu pamaso pa mfumu yakugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu molakwika panthawi yake, adachotsedwa paudindo wa kazembe.
Pofuna kubwezeretsanso boma la New Spain adapita ku metropolis, ngakhale adangopeza udindo wa Marquis m'chigwa cha Oaxaca ndi mabungwe ambiri apadziko lonse lapansi. Anakhalabe ku New Spain kuyambira 1530 mpaka 1540. Mu 1535 adakonza zopita ku Baja California, komwe adapeza nyanja yomwe imadziwika ndi dzina lake.
Ali ku Spain adatenga nawo gawo paulendowu Algiers. Adamwalira ku Castilleja de la Cuesta mu 1547. Pambuyo pazochitika zambiri ndipo malinga ndi zofuna zake, mtembo wake pakadali pano uli mu Hospital de Jesús ku Mexico City.
