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Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Conquistador (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who achieved the Conquista (this Spanish term is generally accepted by historians), i. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The encomienda system was a trusteeship system used during the Spanish colonization of the Americas, whereby conquistadors were granted the towns of the indigenous people they conquered. ...


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Diego de Almagro Diego de Almagro (b. ... Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras (Badajoz, c. ... Pedro Arias de Ávila Pedrarias Dávila (Pedro Arias de Ávila) (Segovia, Castille, c. ... Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón (1475? - 1526) Spanish explorer A licentiate and sugar planter on Hispaniola, Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón commanded six vessels with 500 colonists, supplies and livestock, sailing from Santo Domingo in mid-July, 1526. ...

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Vasco Núñez de Balboa Balboa setting his dogs upon Indian practitioners of male love; (1594); New York Public Library Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c. ... Rodrigo de Bastidas (c. ... Sebastián de Belalcázar was a Spanish conquistador. ...

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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. ... For information about the film director, see Chris Columbus. ... There were two Spanish conquistadores named Francisco Hernández de Córdoba. ... Coronado Sets Out to the North, by Frederic Remington, 1861-1909 Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (ca. ... Hernán Cortés Hernán(do) Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca (1485–December 2, 1547) was the conquistador who conquered Mexico for Spain. ... Juan de la Cosa Juan de la Cosa (c. ...

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Martín de Goiti (b. ... Juan de Grijalva (born around 1489 in Cuéllar - January 21, 1527) was a Spanish conquistador. ...

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Oil portrait of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (unknown artist, Museo Nacional da Colombia, Bogota) GONZALO JIMENEZ QUESADA Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509–1579) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in Colombia. ...

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Miguel López de Legazpi (b. ...

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Francisco de Montejo (c. ... Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles Pedro Menendez de Aviles (born 1519 in Avilés, Spain, dead in Santander on September 17, 1574), was the first Spanish governor of Florida. ...

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Pánfilo de Narváez (1470 – 1528) was a Spanish conqueror and soldier in the Americas. ... Diego de Nicuesa was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. ...

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Alonso de Ojeda (Cuenca, Spain, 1466? _ Santo Domingo, Spanish conquistador and explorer in the Americas. ... Cristóbal de Olid (1492-1542) was a Spanish adventurer, conquistador and rebel who played a part in the conquest of Mexico and Honduras. ... A Spanish postal stamp featuring Orellana Francisco de Orellana (c1500-c1549) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. ... Captain General and Adelantado Juan de Oñate y Salazar (1550? – 1626) was a Spanish explorer, colonial governor in New Spain (present day Mexico), and founder of various settlements in the present day Southwest of the United States. ...

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Francisco Pizarro (c. ... Gonzalo Pizarro (b. ... Juan Pizarro (died 1536) was a Spanish conquistador who accompanied his brothers Francisco, Gonzalo, and Hernándo Pizarro for the conquest of Peru in 1532. ... Hernándo Pizarro (1508-1608?) was a Spanish conquistador and one of the Pizarro brothers who ruled over Peru. ... Juan Ponce de León Juan Ponce de León (c. ...

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Hernando de Soto Hernando de Soto (c. ... Juan de Salcedo (b. ...

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Martin de Ursua was a Spanish conquistador. ...

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