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Marina [maˈɾina] or Malintzin [maˈlintsin] ( c. 1500 – c. 1529), more popularly known as La Malinche [la maˈlintʃe], a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, became known for contributing to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521), by acting as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary for the Spanish conquistador ...
La Malinche. / 19.23083°N 98.03194°W / 19.23083; -98.03194. La Malinche, also known as Matlalcueye or Malintzin, is an inactive volcano (dormant for the last 3,100 years) located in the states of Tlaxcala and Puebla in Mexico. Officially, its summit reaches 4,461 metres (14,636 ft) above sea level, though it is generally considered to ...
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca (/ ɛər ˈ n ɑː n k ɔːr ˈ t ɛ s / air-NAHN kor-TESS; Spanish: [eɾˈnaŋ koɾˈtes ðe monˈroj i piˈθaro altamiˈɾano]; December 1485 – 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 ...
Malinchism. Malinchism ( Spanish: malinchismo) is a form of attraction that a person from one culture develops for another culture, a particular case of cultural cringe. [1] It has been described as an ethnic inferiority complex or national self-hatred. [2] The term is used in Latin America, and especially in Mexico, to refer to the development ...
Between 400 and 800 Spanish killed, drowned, or captured; around 4,000 Tlaxcaltecs killed or captured. Unknown. La Noche Triste ("The Night of Sorrows", literally "The Sad Night") was an important event during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, wherein Hernán Cortés, his army of Spanish conquistadors, and their native allies were ...
Gerónimo de Aguilar. Jerónimo de Aguilar O.F.M. (1489–1531) was a Franciscan friar born in Écija, Spain. Aguilar was sent to Panama to serve as a missionary. He was later shipwrecked on the Yucatán Peninsula in 1511 and captured by the Maya. In 1519 Hernán Cortés rescued Aguilar and engaged him as a translator during the Spanish ...
The La Malinche—Matlalcueitl volcano, part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, is within the park. The volcano has an elevation of 4,462 metres (14,639 ft) above sea level. [1] It is frequently used by mountaineers for training and altitude acclimatization before climbing the higher volcanos in the region.
OCLC. 723180350. Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España ( transl. The True History of the Conquest of New Spain) is a first-person narrative written in 1568 [1] by military adventurer, conquistador, and colonist settler Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492–1584), who served in three Mexican expeditions: those of Francisco ...