USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1517, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba made landfall on the tip of the peninsula. His expedition continued along the coast and suffered heavy losses in a pitched battle at Champotón, forcing a retreat to Cuba. Juan de Grijalva explored the coast in 1518, and heard tales of the wealthy Aztec Empire further west.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1519 Spanish conquistador (explorer-conqueror) Hernán Cortés landed an expeditionary force of some 500 soldiers and 100 sailors at Potonchan, located on the Yucatán Peninsula of what is now Mexico.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Spanish conquistador led an expedition to present-day Mexico, landing in 1519.

Detailed explanation-4: -The strange end of the Aztec nation remains one of the most fascinating events in the annals of human societies. The Spanish adventurer Hernando Cortés (1485-1547) landed at Veracruz in February 1519. In November he entered Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) and soon had the emperor Montezuma II (r. 1502-1520) in custody.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first entrada or incursion, by the Spanish Francisco de Montejo (the Elder), was from the east of the peninsula, between 1527 and 1529. It was followed by a second incursion from the west, headed by his son, also known as Francisco de Montejo (the Younger), from 1529 to 1535.