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Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc (, ), also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler (tlatoani) of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, and the last Aztec Emperor. The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended like an eagle", commonly rendered in English as "Descending Eagle", evoking a raptor diving toward its prey.
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
16th-century Spanish invasion of Mesoamerica
Codex Borbonicus
Aztec codex
Spanish conquest of Yucatán
campaign undertaken by the Spanish conquistadores

Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España
book by Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Spanish conquest of Honduras
conquest of Honduras