fertile soil and location. The Spanish conquistadors Pedro de Alvarado and BernardinoVázquezdeTapia reached Chalco in the fall of 1519. The Chalca allied
shorelines. However, the decision was Cortés's alone. According to BernardinoVázquezdeTapia, Cortés's reason was cultural. Leaving the site as it was would
Conquest. He was married to the daughter of the conquistador BernardinoVázquezDeTapia, Sancha De Belmar. Missionaries followed, working to convert the indigenous