Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (Yucatán conquistador)

Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko eɾˈnandeθ ðe ˈkoɾðoβa]; c. 1467 in Córdoba – 1517 in Sancti Spíritus) was a Spanish conquistador, known to history mainly for the ill-fated expedition he led in 1517, in the course of which the first European accounts of the Yucatán Peninsula were compiled.

This article is about the first European to discover the Yucatán Peninsula. For the founder of Nicaragua, see Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (founder of Nicaragua).
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