But did you know there were women among the Spanish conquistadors? Read on to learn 37 glorious and bloody facts that you probably didn't know about During the early sixteenth century, Spanish conquistadors ( conquerors ) pressed beyond the Caribbean islands, moving west into Mexico and south into Spain colonized: * all the countries where Spanish is still an official first language today: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican When talking about the goals of the Spanish conquistadors, it is also worth noting that their expeditions in the Americas were driven competition with other The authors give equal attention to the Spanish and Portuguese conquerors and settlers, to the African slaves they brought across the Atlantic, Jump to Birth of the Spanish Kingdom - The two most famous conquistadors were Hernán Cortés who conquered the Aztec Empire and Francisco Pizarro who led the conquest of the Incan Empire. They were second cousins born in Extremadura, where many of the Spanish conquerors were born. Michael Wood: Conquistadors The Spanish explorers and the discovery of the New World. 1st published: 2,000. Publisher: BBC Books
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