Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (Yucatán conquistador)

Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (died 1517) was a Spanish conquistador, known to history mainly for the ill-fated expedition he led in 1517, in the course of which the first European accounts of the Yucatán Peninsula were compiled.

English-language references
 ; online English edition


 Other websites 
 Discovery of Yucatán , on the Mexican web site redescolar . 
 Discovery of Yucatán , on México desconocido. 

Category:1517 deaths
Category:History of Mesoamerica
Category:Spanish explorers
Category:Year of birth unknown