Importance Yes, Admiration NO. Hernán Cortés, a Spanish conquistador, was important because he was given eleven ships and about six hundred men to take to the coast of Mexico and to set up a trading post. He was one of the biggest cases of exceeding expectations in history. He and his small force conquered the mighty Aztecs with<span>s military ability, diplomatic talent, relentless determination, and ruthlessness. Genocide is abhorrent in all its forms. </span>
