Compare And Contrast Malinche And Hernan Cortes
In the 1492 Christopher Columbus landed in the Caribbean that are now called the West Indies.The wave of exploration he spurred in the Americas would have drastic,far-reaching consequences for the people who already lived there.
Hernan Cortes was a landowner in Cuba,he was a strong man and he heard about the unsuccessful expeditions made by the Spanish people,he believed that he could success,and in 1519 he landed on the coast of Mexico with about 600 men.
He wanted to takeover Tenochtitlan,the capital of the Aztec empire.
He used a girl,Malinche as his translator and adviser,she played a major role,because she was giving him information from the inside.
She helped him arrange an alliance with Aztecs’ captives,which helped him fight the Aztecs.
Hernan Cortes was a landowner in Cuba,he was a strong man and he heard about the unsuccessful expeditions made by the Spanish people,he believed that he could success,and in 1519 he landed on the coast of Mexico with about 600 men.
He wanted to takeover Tenochtitlan,the capital of the Aztec empire.
He used a girl,Malinche as his translator and adviser,she played a major role,because she was giving him information from the inside.
She helped him arrange an alliance with Aztecs’ captives,which helped him fight the Aztecs.