Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.9
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
4705
Points per Word
0.000213
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.03125
Description
This introduction to Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés discusses his early life, conquest of the Aztec empire in the sixteenth century, the establishment of a Spanish colony in the New World, and Cortés's legacy.