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Sea of Cortés

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Gulf of California
or Sea of Cortés, arm of the Pacific Ocean, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long and 50 to 130 mi (80-209 km) wide, NW Mexico; separates Baja California from...of a depression in the earth's surface that extends inland to the Coachella Valley, S Calif. The Imperial Valley and the Salton Sea , once part of the gulf, ... Read more
Montezuma
...and his despotic rule caused grave unrest. When Hernán Cortés arrived in Mexico he was thus able to gain native allies...them in his splendid court at Tenochtitlán in Nov., 1519. Cortés later seized him as a hostage and attempted to govern through...treasures that the Spanish appropriated and presumably lost at ... Read more
Yucatán
...mostly in SE Mexico, separating the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. It comprises the...Gerónimo de Aguilar, who was rescued by Hernán Cortés in 1519 and became his interpreter. Later (1524-25) Cortés made an epic march across the base of the... Read more
Honduras
...bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the east and south by Nicaragua, on...the principal ports, La Ceiba , Puerto Cortés, and Tela; they do not penetrate more...the deep water off the coast. Hernán Cortés arrived in 1524 and ordered Pedro de Alvarado... Read more
Belize
...867 sq mi (22,965 sq km), Central America, on the Caribbean Sea. Belize is bounded on the N by Mexico, on the S and W by Guatemala...Maya cities still survive. The region was probably traversed by Cortés on his way to Honduras, but the Spanish made no attempt at colonization... Read more

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