Tag: Hernán Cortés

• Thursday, December 19th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Discovery of 500-year old anchors could give further insight to Spanish conquest of Mexico

  

  Two 500-year-old iron ship anchors have been discovered on Mexico's Gulf Coast, potentially offering an insight into the Spanish invasion. Archaeologists say they may have belonged to the fleet led by Spain's Hernán Cortés, who conquered the Aztec empire in the 16th Century.