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How did Cortés expand his conquest after the fall of the Aztec empire?

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As captain general, Cortés extended the conquest by sending expeditions over most of Mexico and into N Central America. In 1524-26, Cortés himself went to Honduras, killing Cuauhtémoc , the Aztec emperor, in the course of the expedition.

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