Sub regions and history

This map depicts the route Hernan Cortes took from Veracruz to the Aztec city Tenochtitlan. Also included in the map is the line formed by the Treaty of Tordesillas which split the "New World"
between Portugal and Spain. Cortes and his men journeyed across large plateaus and mountain ranges in order to reach the city. Once there, Cortes killed Moctezuma and exploited the city states wealth, as well as using the people as slaves. This excursion was the start of colonization in this area that was detrimental to the indigenous populations of Mexico. From this point the Spanish colonization of Latin America dominated and Spanish replaced indigenous languages across the region.