1519 when the first Spaniards landed on Mexico's shores.
Hernan Cortes landed on the eastern coast of Mexico.
Hernan Cortes
Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) was the Spanish conquistador that landed on present-day Mexico in 1519.
Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) qualifies as such.
Hernán Cortés ordered the boats burned in 1519, after they landed in Mexico.
He first landed on the Yucatan peninsula and proceeded to land and found the city and port of Veracruz in April 1519. He conquered Mexico for the Spanish Empire in 1521.
The Spaniards arrive in Mexico just after the Aztecs.
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Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes.
He started his voyage to Mexico on 1518. He landed and founded the first Spanish city in the Mexican mainland on April 22, 1519. Such city is the present-day Mexican port of Veracruz.