Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro were both Spaniard explorers in the 1500’s. They were also on a mission to take over lands, such as Tenochtitlan and Inca empire in Peru for their riches. In 1519 was the beginning of Cortés and the Americas. He probed the coasts of Americas and he was told of empires that were full of riches, but also of fierce fighters. And with those stories, they led to a flood of adventures in search of the empires. As his trek began toward Tenochtitlan, he met a young Indian woman by the name of Malinche who became his translator and advisor. Cortés and Malinche asked the angered Aztecs to form alliances with the Spanish; in which they agreed. Although, their relations between each other became strained. While Cortés