"Francisco Fernandez de Cordova" ba kalma ba ce, amma sunan da ya dace na mutum. Francisco Fernandez de Cordova dan kasar Sipaniya ne wanda ya taka rawar gani a farkon bincike da cin nasara a Mexico a karni na 16. An fi saninsa da jagorantar balaguro zuwa Yucatan Peninsula a shekara ta 1517, inda mutanensa suka ci karo da wayewar Mayan kuma suka ba da hanya ga mamayar Mutanen Espanya a nan gaba a yankin.