Cortez Took On an Empire with a Few Men and a Lot of Ingenuity

Hernan Cortez was one of the first Spanish explorers to set foot in the New World. When he came to Mexico looking for gold, what did he find and how inevitable was it that his expeditionary force would clash with the powerful Aztec empire? Brenda Becerra-Anderson will tell us how a quest for God, glory, and gold drove Cortez to venture into unknown country with little more than armor, horses, courage, and determination.