Hernán Cortés, a family acquaintance and distant …
Years: 1502 - 1502
Hernán Cortés, a family acquaintance and distant relative, was supposed to sail to the Americas in this expedition, but had been prevented from making the journey by an injury he sustained while hurriedly escaping from the bedroom of a married woman of Medellín.
Locations
People
- Bartolomé de las Casas
- Christopher Columbus
- Francisco Pizarro
- Hernán Cortés
- Isabella I of Castile
- Juan Ponce de León y Figueroa
- Juan de la Cosa
- Martín Alonso Pinzón
- Nicolás de Ovando
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Groups
- Arawak peoples (Amerind tribe)
- Kalinago (Amerind tribe)
- Lucayans
- Taíno
- Aragón, Kingdom of
- Aragon, Crown of
- Castile, Crown of
- Canary Islands (Castilian colony)
- Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of
