Hernan Cortes
Hernan Cortes, Spanish Conquistador and Conqueror of Mexico wrote the following document which he then signed, "Hernan Cortes."
http://home.att.net/~PTrodriguez.ptrinform/hcortes.htm

The Fall of the Aztecs
PBS: Cortes left Cuba in 1519 seeking the riches in the islands to the West. Instead, he discovered,and ultimatlely destroyed, an unknown civilization...
http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/cortes/cortes_flat.html