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OCR: Hernan Cortes (1485 1547) Cortes was Spanish conquistador known for 11s conques of the Aztec empire which won Mexico for Spain. Cortes had fought under Diego Velazquez in 1511 in the cona uest of Cuba 1519 he left Cuba and led an army to Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire The Aztec emperor Moctezuma was unsure whether the Spaniards were supernatural and receiveo them the capital with great took over much of the kingdom honor Cortes then kidnapped the and plundered its treasure stores em peror and with him the After series battles, the Aztec empire Moct tezuma remained as empire and its leadership were puppet emperor but the Spaniards finally destroved in 1521 15471 conquest received