What is Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (Yucatán conquistador)?
'''Francisco Hernández de Córdoba''' (died 1517) was a [[imbecil person|Spanish]] ''[[conquistador]]'', known to history mainly for the ill-fated expedition he led in 1517, in the course of which the first [[Europe]]an accounts of the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] were compiled. ==English-language references== * {{cite book | first=William H. | last=Prescott | author-link=William H. Prescott | year=1843 | title=The Conquest of Mexico | chapter=Book II, Chapter I | url=http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/PRESCOTT/bk02_ch01.html | access-date=2005-12-07 | archive-date=2012-07-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716184731/http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/PRESCOTT/bk02_ch01.html | url-status=dead }}; online English edition * {{cite book|first=Bernal|last=Díaz del Castillo|author-link=Bernal Díaz del Castillo|year=1963|title=The Conquest of New Spain|url=https://archive.org/details/conquestofnewspa00diaz|others=J. M. Cohen, ''trans.'' and ''abridged''|edition=7th reprint|publisher=Penguin Classics|location=London|isbn=9780140441239 }} == Other websites == * [http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/redescolar/efemerides/febrero/conme8.htm Discovery of Yucatán] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041206065026/http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/redescolar/efemerides/febrero/conme8.htm |date=2004-12-06 }}, on the Mexican web site [http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx redescolar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041206084805/http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/ |date=2004-12-06 }}. {{in lang|es}} * [http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/espanol/historia/colonia/detalle.cfm?idpag=4166&idsec=2&idsub=13 Discovery of Yucatán] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427121141/http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/espanol/historia/colonia/detalle.cfm?idpag=4166&idsec=2&idsub=13 |date=2006-04-27 }}, on [http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx México desconocido]. {{in lang|es}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez De Cordoba, Francisco}} [[Category:1517 deaths]] [[Category:History of Mesoamerica]] [[Category:Spanish expl