Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés entering Tenochtitlán meeting Montezuma II - Ilustración de stock

Steel engraving of portrait of Hernán Cortés ( Fernando Cortez ) entering Tenochtitlán. where on November 8, 1519, they were peacefully received by Moctezuma II Cortés ( 1485 Medellin - December 2, 1547 ) was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Original edition from my own archives Source : "Allgemeine Weltgeschichte" 1898