Birth and parentage of Hernan Cortes--His early boyhood--At the age of fourteen he is sent to the University of Salamanca--Proves lazy, and returns home--Leaves his books, and takes to field-sports--Disappointment of his father--Passion of young Cortes for military life--Determines to join the great captain Gonzalo in the wars of Italy, but is disappointed--Resolves to accompany his kinsman Ovando to Hispaniola, but is prevented by an accident--At length reaches Hispaniola in 1504--Kindness of Ovando--Restlessness of Cortes--His third disappointment--Accompanies Diego Velasquez in his conquest of Cuba--Imprudence of Cortes--Expedition of Hernandez de Cordova and Juan de Grijalva--Discoveries…
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