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Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko eɾˈnandeθ ðe ˈkoɾðoβa]; c. 1467 in Córdoba – 1517 in Sancti Spíritus) was a Spanish conquistador, known to history mainly for the ill-fated expedition he led in 1517, in the course of which the first European accounts of the Yucatán Peninsula were compiled.
In Yucatán Peninsula: History. …began with the expedition of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, a Spanish adventurer from Cuba, who discovered the east coast of the Yucatán in February 1517 while on a slave-hunting expedition.
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba ( Córdoba, España, c. 1467- Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, 1517) fue un conquistador español, que ha pasado a la historia por la accidentada expedición que dirigió entre febrero y mayo de 1517, durante la cual se registró para el Imperio español el denominado "descubrimiento de la Península de Yucatán ". Expedición a Yucatán.
Apr 7, 2019 · The first expedition to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula was led by Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba. He and 110 men on three vessels departed Cuba on February 9, 1517 and within weeks had spotted pyramids, people and farms in places like Isla de Mujeres and El Meco.
Hernández de Córdoba, Francisco. España, c. 1475 – Santiago de Cuba (Cuba), 1526. Conquistador y descubridor. Nacido alrededor de 1475, se embarcó hacia Cuba en 1511. Amigo de Bartolomé de Las Casas, quien lo define como valiente y buen soldado.
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko eɾˈnandeθ ðe ˈkoɾðoβa]; c. 1467 in Córdoba – 1517 in Sancti Spíritus) was a Spanish conquistador, known to history mainly for the ill-fated expedition he led in 1517, in the course of which the first European accounts of the Yucatán Peninsula were compiled.
In 1517, a Spanish captain, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, took 110 men in four ships, and, at Cape Catoche, saw Mayan urban civilization for the first time.
