Hernández de Córdoba expedition

Hernández de Córdoba expedition
Sponsor	Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Cristóbal Morante, Lope Ochoa de Caicedo, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
Start	Havana / accepted; other Cuban port possible; 8 February 1517 / accepted; other Feb date possible
End	Cuba; April 1517
Goal	To capture Amerindian slaves in Bay or Lucayan islands / probable; To discover new lands / possible;
Ships	2 caravels, 1 brigantine
Achievements	First non-Amerindian contact with Maya civilisation / disputed; First non-Amerindian discovery of Yucatán Peninsula / disputed;
Route
	; Possible route of the Hernández de Córdoba expedition / 2017 map / via Commons

Hernández de Córdoba expedition
	Part of Spanish conquest of Yucatán
	; La conquista / 1971–1979 mural by F Castro Pacheco / via Commons
Date	1 March – 30 April 1517 / lower, upper bounds
Location	Yucatán Peninsula / north, west19.968°N 88.976°W
Result	Chanputun victory
Belligerents
Ecab Province; Canpech Province; Chanputun Province;	Columbian Viceroyalty
Commanders and leaders
Lázaro; Moch Couoh;	Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (DOW)
Strength
very many men / likely; many – 33,000 reported	110 men / likely; 100–110 possible; excl sailors, servants
Casualties and losses
many killed or injured / likely; some – many reported; 2–5 captured;	55 killed / likely; 20–57 possible; 52 injured / likely; 30 – over 50 possible; 2 captured / likely; 1–2 possible;

The Hernández de Córdoba expedition was a 1517 Spanish maritime expedition to the Yucatán Peninsula led by Francisco Hernández de Córdoba. The enterprise proved disastrous and little profitable for the Spaniards, with half of them fatally wounded, the rest grievously injured, and all in all, very little gold to show for their troubles. It was nonetheless deemed an immediate and exciting success, having brought back news of vast lands inhabited by a rich and civilised people, namely, the Maya civilisation. The expedition is popularly credited as the first non-Amerindian contact with the Maya, and first non-Amerindian discovery of the Peninsula, though both these achievements are disputed in scholarly literature. It is deemed the opening campaign of the Spanish conquest of the Maya, and one of the precursor expeditions which led to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.

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