Hernan Cortes (1488-1547). Spanish discoverer. He discovered Mexico. Hernan Cortes and Doña Marina, by Nicolas Eustache Maurin (1799-1850). Doña Marina, Malinche, Malintzin of Malintiza. Her name was Malinalli Tenepatl. Probably she was born in 1509 in Coatzalcoacos, Veracruz, from a family of high social class. She was the interpreter of Hernan Cortes, faithful companion and his lover. Museum of America, Madrid, Spain. .