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Born 1539 • Spain
Died February 15, 1600 (aged 61) • Salamanca • Spain
Subjects Of Study Mexico • Peru
Prescott, William H
William H. Prescott
American historian
Adolph Bandelier
American anthropologist
St. Junípero Serra
St. Junípero Serra
Spanish Franciscan missionary
Juan Padilla
Spanish missionary
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar and Hernán Cortés
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
Spanish conquistador
Vasco de Quiroga
Mexican religious educator
St. Peter Claver
St. Peter Claver
Spanish missionary
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Mexican military officer
The founder of Morena, Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
president of Mexico
Enrique Peña Nieto
Enrique Peña Nieto
president of Mexico
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
president of Mexico
Lázaro Cárdenas.
Lázaro Cárdenas
president of Mexico
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Mexican revolutionary
Marcos, Subcomandante
Subcomandante Marcos
Mexican leader
Edward Burnett Tylor
Sir Edward Burnett Tylor
British anthropologist
Francisco Madero
Francisco Madero
president of Mexico
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Porfirio Díaz
Porfirio Díaz
president of Mexico