Tag: Hispaniola

Hernan Cortes, Notaries, Aztec Mexico, 1519 Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico in 1519. Cortés was born in …

Notary with Christopher Columbus 1492 On October 12th, 1492, Rodrigo de Escobedo of Segovia was the first notary in North America.  He sailed on the flagship Santa Maria, as …