His rearguard was massacred on a causeway across Lake (*) Texcoco during the "Noche Triste.
This man's dispute with Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (SWAY-ar) led him to hastily construct the city of Veracruz and name himself governor, so that he could not be recalled to Cuba. This man employed a translator known as "La Malinche" (ma-LEEN-chay). His rearguard was massacred on a causeway across Lake (*) Texcoco during the "Noche Triste." He was the first European to see Tenochtitlán (ten-oak-teet-LON), and he conquered an empire led by Montezuma II. For 10 points, name this conquistador who founded Mexico City and conquered the Aztecs.
This man's dispute with Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (SWAY-ar) led him to hastily construct the city of Veracruz and name himself governor, so that he could not be recalled to Cuba.
Hernán {Cortés} de Monroy y Pizarro [or Hernando {Cortés}; or {Fernando Cortés}; do not accept or