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In 1519, who became the first european explorer to encounter the aztec empire?

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In 1519 Hernán Cortés became the first European explorer to encounter the Aztec empire. He was Spanish who discovered the peninsula of California. He conquered Aztecs, the region now comes under Mexico and actually put an end to the custom of human sacrifice there.
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