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  Hernando Cortez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Cortez was born in 1485 in Medellin, Extremadura.
Velázquez became the governor of Cuba, and Cortez was elected Mayor-Judge of Santiago.
Cortez hearing word that Velasquez had sent 1,400 soldiers to arrest him decided to march with his force to the coast to do battle with the invaders.
ntap.k12.ca.us /whs/projects/history/cortez.html   (510 words)

  
 Hernan Cortez: Biography of Hernan Cortez
CORTEZ, HERNAN, the conqueror of Mexico, was born in 1485, at Medillin, a village of Estremadura, Spain.
In 1518, the conquest of Mexico was entrusted to him by Velasquez, the governor of Cuba; but the latter had no sooner granted him the commission than he wished to revoke it, fearful that his daring and sagacious lieutenant would deprive him of all the glory of the enterprise.
Sailing up the river Tabasco, Cortez captured the town of that name, the prowess of the Spaniards occasioning great terror to the Tabascans, who made liberal presents to the white men, and volunteered all the information about Mexico in their power.
www.sacklunch.net /biography/C/HernanCortez.html   (499 words)

  
 Florida Coastal Management Program | Waterfronts Florida - Cortez
Still active in commercial fishing, Cortez is currently facing a number of pressures as a result increasing regulation of the commercial fishing industry, the net ban, and encroaching new residential development.
Cortez is located on the west coast of Florida at the tip of the peninsula separating Palma Sola Bay from Sarasota Bay, just south of Tampa Bay in unincorporated Manatee County.
Cortez's cultural heritage is maintained by concerned citizens who have formed two local non-profit groups, the Cortez Village Historical Society (CVHS) and the Florida Institute of Saltwater Heritage (FISH).
www.dca.state.fl.us /fdcp/dcp/waterfronts/community/cortez.htm   (1697 words)

  
 Cortez
Hernando Cortez was born in the small town of Medellin in southwestern Spain in 1485.
Velasquez became the governor and Cortez was elected mayor-judge of Santiago.
Cortez' army was surrounded and apparently doomed, but he and three others managed to get to the chieftain of the Aztecs and killed him.
library.thinkquest.org /J002678F/cortez.htm   (507 words)

  
 June Bishop - Cortez, Colorado Real Estate
Cortez, Colorado, the seat of Montezuma County, is located in Southwest Colorado.
Cortez serves as a retail, wholesale, distributing, educational, and social center for the outlying rural area.
Cortez also serves as the focal and supply point for tourists and sports people who visit Mesa Verde National Park, which is Located 9 miles east of the city, and for those who hunt, backpack or ski in the San Juan National Forest, which is 20 miles to the North.
www.cortezrealestateco.com   (380 words)

  
 VG: Artist Biography: Cortez, Jayne
Cortez's excrescent language and her ability to push the acceptable limits of expression to address issues of race, sex, and homophobia place her in a category that few other women occupy.
Cortez's Poetic Magnetic is a collection of poetry from two of her recorded albums of poetry music technology, Everywhere Drums and Maintain Control.
Cortez makes no mistake in her approach; she is constant and firm in her opposition to oppression, racism, and cultural marginality.
voices.cla.umn.edu /vg/Bios/entries/cortez_jayne.html   (1405 words)

  
 Herdando Cortez 1485-1547
Cortez however, left anyway, and later destroyed his ships so that men loyal to the governor would not have the ability to return to Cuba.
Cortez established an independent government and only recognized the authority of the Spanish crown.
Cortez knew of this and marched with a small group to the coast where he captured Panfilo de Narvaez, and persuaded most of the soldiers to join his band.
www.equine-information.com /cortez.html   (1638 words)

  
 Cortez, Colorado Travel & Vacation Guide - Visitor Information
A diverse community with many services for tourists, Cortez is situated between the scenic San Juan Mountains to the east and the semi-arid desert of the Four Corners region to the west.
Cortez is located in the middle of the most archeologically dense region of the country.
Cortez is located in the southwest corner of Colorado, about 170 miles south of Grand Junction and 350 miles southwest of Denver.
www.go-colorado.com /Cortez   (192 words)

  
 Who is Hernando Cortez?
Hernando Cortez, destined to make a conspicuous figure in history, accompanied the expedition, and was made the chief magistrate of Santiago, the Spanish capital of the island.
Cortez took possession of the country in the usual form, and planted the seeds of a colony on the site of Vera Cruz.
Cortez also compelled his royal prisoner to acknowledge himself a vassal of Charles the Fifth, then Emperor of Spain, and to induce his nobles and tributary caciques to do likewise.
www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/Our_Country_Vol_1/whoisher_bj.html   (988 words)

  
 Mining Technology - Placer Dome Cortez Gold Mine - Cortez - Nevada
Cortez is approximately 113km south west of Elko, Nevada.
A feasibility study for developing the nearby Cortez Hills deposit, where proven and probable reserves contain an estimated 7.3Moz of gold, is under way, including an assessment of strategies for using the existing processing facilities.
The original Cortez concentrator was placed on care-and-maintenance in late 1999, following the change from milling ore to heap-leaching ore from the Pipeline pit.
www.mining-technology.com /projects/cortez   (700 words)

  
 Cortezrock
Cortez are currently in the process of writing and rehearsing new material for another fortcoming non-album single, the songs for which they should be playing at the Arts Centre gig.
Cortez head into the studio this weekend to record the follow up single, slated for a release in May. The single is going to be "Ashtray Heart", backed by "Who Are The Jackals?" (a re-recorded version different to the one knocking round on the Cortez demo) and "Backslide".
Cortez will be playing at the Norwich Arts Centre on Friday 21st January to celebrate the launch of the single, with hopefully some sort of aftershow going on later, but more details closer to the show.
www.cortezrock.co.uk   (5063 words)

  
 Cortez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Cortez lies in the Montezuma Valley at the point where the San Juan Mountains meet the vast desserts of Arizona.
Named after the Spanish explorer, Hernando Cortez, the town was founded in 1886, during a project to divert the Dolores River to irrigate the arid Montezuma Valley.
The Catholics of Cortez were determined to practice their faith, and they did it wherever they could, in private homes, the Ertel Funeral Home and later, the Cortez Library.
www.dioceseofpueblo.com /parishes/City/bccortez.htm   (299 words)

  
 Cortez Restaurant and Bar - Home Page - Adventurous, urbane fine dining in the heart of San Francisco's theater ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
Cortez Restaurant and Bar - Home Page - Adventurous, urbane fine dining in the heart of San Francisco's theater district.
Executive Chefs Louis Maldonado and Seth Bowden prepare inspired Mediterranean cuisine which is both creative and approachable.
Located in Union Square's "New Mission Style" Hotel Adagio Cortez is a stylish destination for locals and travelers alike.
www.cortezrestaurant.com.cob-web.org:8888   (90 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Cortez escaped again and walked nearly 100 miles to the home of Ceferino Flores, a friend, who provided him a horse and saddle.
Cortez was finally captured when Jesús González, one of his acquaintances, located him and led a posse to him on June 22, 1901, ten days after the encounter between Cortez and Sheriff Morris.
Cortez also enjoyed the empathy of some of his jailers, who provided him the entire upper story of the jail as a "honeymoon suite" when he married Estéfana Garza.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/CC/fco94.html   (1472 words)

  
 Cortez, Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cortez is a city in Montezuma County, Colorado (USA).
Cortez is a local commercial center, competing with Durango to the east, and Farmington, New Mexico to the south, and draws trade from Southeastern Utah, the extreme Northeastern corner of Arizona, the Shiprock area of Northwestern New Mexico, and San Miquel, Dolores, Montezuma, and parts of LaPlata County in Colorado.
Its economy is based very heavily on tourism, both to nearby Mesa Verde National Park as well as to San Juan National Forest, BLM lands in the area (including Canyon of the Ancients National Monument, and both the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation and the Navajo Indian Reservation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cortez,_Colorado   (520 words)

  
 Cortez - Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
CORTEZ is a 4-piece band hailing from the West Coast of Australia.
Cortez's first filmclip for the single Anchorman featured on ABC's RAGE on Friday 20th January.
CORTEZ has self-recorded an independent debut 6-track EP, due for release in November 2005, that features a CD-ROM video clip of the song “Anchorman”.
www.cortez.com.au   (187 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/cortez
Cortez have a knack for loading their songs with gut-level impact, a stiff shot of rage, melancholy or tenderness Drowned In Sound.
Cortez continued to attract rave reviews at their gigs and got the attention of newly created record label NROne who wished that the labels first release be the debut Cortez single and in February 2005 the This Is Nowhere EP was released, showcasing the bands diversity.
This will be followed by the second Cortez album, "Too Orangey For Crows" recorded in Sickroom studios earlier this year, and released in October, with a national tour to support it which if anything makes even more of the band's idiosyncrasies and diversity, but with a more coherent set of songs.
www.myspace.com /cortez   (1291 words)

  
 The Academy of American Poets - Jayne Cortez
Poet and performance artist Jayne Cortez was born in 1936 in Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
Cortez has also released a number of recordings, many with her band The Firespitters, including Taking the Blues Back Home (1997), Cheerful and Optimistic (1994), Everywhere Drums (1991), and Maintain Control (1986).
Jayne Cortez has performed, lectured, and taught at many universities, museums, and festivals.
www.poets.org /poet.php/prmPID/464   (181 words)

  
 MESA VERDE COUNTRY™: Cortez: Archaeological Center of America in Southwest Colorado
Cortez, the archaeological center of America, is the largest community near Mesa Verde National Park and offers the most services for visitors.
The name of the town was changed when Cortez was founded in 1886 and moved a short distance north to the present day town site.
Navajos and Utes continue to come to Cortez as they did in the late 1880s and their artwork may be found in the many quality trading posts throughout Cortez.
www.swcolo.org /tourism/cortez.html   (507 words)

  
 Cortez Area Chamber of Commerce, Southwest Colorado
Located in the Southwest corner of Colorado, Cortez is placed between glorious deserts and majestic mountains.
Cortez also serves as the gateway to the incomparable Mesa Verde National Park.
The mission of the Cortez Area Chamber of Commerce is to serve our membership and improve the economic vitality of our community by advocating for local business and the free enterprise system, stimulating business, and providing effective educational and support resources.
www.cortezchamber.org   (268 words)

  
 Cortez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cortez South Wales, Solo Acoustic Guitarist, South Wales
Cortez, Colorado, a city and county seat of Montezuma County, Colorado
Cortez alias Manny Chavez (spoiler), a fictional character from The Longest Journey and Dreamfall
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cortez   (143 words)

  
 Home Page, City of Cortez Colorado (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
The City of Cortez strives to offer its citizens the highest quality service possible.
From hiking and canoeing, to stepping back in time at one of the many archeological wonders in our area, Cortez is the perfect destination for your vacation or for your permanent relocation.
To contact any staff member of the City of Cortez, please click here.
www.cityofcortez.com.cob-web.org:8888   (114 words)

  
 Visiting Cortez Colorado
The list of activities for visitors to Cortez and the surrounding area is seemingly endless.
Cortez's beautiful location, nestled between the mountains and desert, offers a wide variety of outdoor activities.   To view a calendar of upcoming events, click here.
The Cortez Municipal Aquatics Complex is open to the public seven days a week for your enjoyment.
www.cityofcortez.com /visiting.shtml   (179 words)

  
 Cortez News
Local news for Cortez, CO continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
CORTEZ, Colo. - If you had to describe the Ute Mountain Tribal Park with one word, it would be this: mystery.
The Durango Police Department arrested Weaver Marc Ponds, a 45-year-old Cortez, Colo., resident, Friday for allegedly setting fire to the Central Hotel on July 29.
www.topix.net /city/cortez-co   (618 words)

  
 Mesa Verde, Colorado-Cabins, Lodging, Camping
A short distance south of the town of Mancos en route to Weber Canyon (the eastern boundry of Mesa Verde National Park) is a new old-fashioned horse drawn stage line for your enjoyment run by the Bartels Family.
Ten miles west of the park is Cortez, once called by the Navajo "Tsaya-toh" (rock-water) for its spring.
This farmstay, just north of Cortez, has a family suite, guest house, cabin, and B&B rooms plus a hot tub.
www.coloradodirectory.com /cortezchamber   (730 words)

  
 CORTEZ ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL
Cortez Hill Academy is an accredited college-prep liberal arts public charter high school in downtown San Diego.
Cortez Hill Academy is a Public Charter High School created under the auspices of San Diego City Schools.
The comments are property of their posters, all the rest © 2005 by Cortez Academy.
www.cortezhill.org   (160 words)

  
 Cortez Journal Online - Cortez Colorado
Colorado's sole Democrat in the November 2006 hunt to become the state's 41st governor swung through Cortez this past weekend to campaign.
Previously, he has served as vice president of the National Association of District Attorneys, chairman of the American Prosecutors Research Institute and on the board for the National Association of Drug Court Professionals.
In addition to his mid-day stop in Cortez, Ritter had an earlier campaign swing Saturday in Pagosa Springs.
www.cortezjournal.com /asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/05/news051122_2.htm   (530 words)

  
 AirNav: KCEZ - Cortez Municipal Airport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY DEN ARTCC ON FREQS 118.575/348.7 (CORTEZ RCAG).
If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Cortez Municipal Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.
Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
www.airnav.com /airport/KCEZ   (433 words)

  
 Cortez
Cortez hosts approximately 50,000 property owners and visitor golfers annually.
The Cortez Course is located off Cortez Road in the north central part of Hot Springs Village.
Cortez was designed by Ault, Clark, and Associates.
www.hsvgolf.com /Cortez.htm   (156 words)

  
 Cortez in San Francisco, CA - AOL City Guide
Cortez continues to be one of the hippest, small plate spots in the theater district -- pre-performance or post-performance.
If this information is inaccurate or the business has closed, let us know.
Are you ready to see what Cortez San Francisco, CA has to offer?
cityguide.aol.com /sanfrancisco/restaurants/cortez/v-126201   (403 words)

  
 European Exploration of the New World
Hernando de Cortez and the Conquest of the Aztec Empire - This is a brief biography
Hernando de Cortez - This is a very detailed description Cortéz' expedition to Mexico beginning in 1519 and ending with his conquest of the Aztecs in 1521
Hernando Cortez Timeline - short timeline of the major dates and events in his life.
cte.jhu.edu /techacademy/fellows/BESNOY/www/uswqkb02.html   (1091 words)

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