Hernan Cortes and the Conquest of the Aztec Empire

Description of the movements of Hernan Cortes across the territory of present-day Mexico from February 1519 to August 1521 as he worked to conquer the Aztec Empire on behalf of the Spanish Empire. Data: places through which Cortes traveled. Data consists of 81 events of conquest including advances, retreats, rests, and renamings at 51 unique locations. Method: place names, dates, and descriptions of the events at the locations were taken from the following sources: Jeremy Black, World History Atlas (London: Dorling Kindersley, 2015), 125; David F. Marley, Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 1492 to the Present (Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-Clio, 2008), 23-38; Miguel León-Portilla, The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico, trans. Lysander Kemp (Boston: Beacon Press, 2006), xxv.

1519年2月至1521年8月期间，埃尔南·科尔特斯（Hernan Cortes）代表西班牙帝国征服阿兹特克帝国时，穿越现今墨西哥领土的行动描述。

数据：科尔特斯途经的地点。该数据包含81个征服事件，涉及51个独特地点的前进、撤退、休整及重命名行动。

方法：地点名称、日期及各地点事件描述来源于以下资料：Jeremy Black，《世界历史地图集》（World History Atlas，伦敦：多林金德斯利出版社，2015年），第125页；David F. Marley，《美洲战争：西半球武装冲突年表（1492年至今）》（Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 1492 to the Present，加利福尼亚州圣巴巴拉：ABC-Clio出版社，2008年），第23-38页；Miguel León-Portilla，《断矛：阿兹特克人对墨西哥征服的记述》（The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico，译者Lysander Kemp，波士顿：灯塔出版社，2006年），第xxv页。