Which one of the following European explorer conquered Mexico ?
Vasco da Gama
Bartholomew Diaz
Magellan
Hernán Cortés
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UPSC NDA-1 – 2023
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large parts of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century. Vasco da Gama reached India by sea, Bartholomew Diaz was the first European to round the southern tip of Africa, and Ferdinand Magellan led the first circumnavigation of the Earth.