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1492 CE - 1580 CE: Life of the Spanish conquistador and chronicler Bernal Díaz.
1517 CE: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar sends an expedition led by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba to explore the Yucatán peninsula.
1518 CE: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar sends an expedition led by Juan de Grijalva to explore the Yucatán peninsula.
1519 CE: Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar sends an expedition led by Hernán Cortés to explore the Yucatán peninsula.
1521 CE: The Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan falls into the hands of Spanish forces led by Hernán Cortés.
1568 CE: The Conquest of New Spain' by Bernal Díaz del Castillo is published.