Francisco Hernández de Cordoba

Conquistador, explorer

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Lived 1475–1518, aged 43Spain
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    1475–1518
    Aged 43
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Updated 2026-08-19

Francisco Hernández de Córdoba was a Spanish conquistador from Córdoba, known for the ill-fated expedition he led in 1517, in the course of which the first European accounts of the Yucatán Peninsula were recorded. He died from wounds he suffered during the expedition after battling against Mayans.

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