From the territories of the Aztec Empire, conquistadors expanded Spanish rule to northern Central America and parts of what is now the southern and western United States, and from Mexico sailing the Pacific Ocean to the Spanish East Indies.

2021年3月17日 · Those who set out to colonize the New World for Spain were known as conquistadors. Learn more about ten of the most infamous conquistadors below. In 1519, Hernán Cortés set out from Cuba with 600 men on an expedition to the mainland in present-day Mexico.

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2025年2月25日 · conquistador, any of the leaders in the Spanish conquest of America, especially of Mexico and Peru, in the 16th century. An expedition against Aztec Mexico was led by Hernán Cortés, who set up a base camp at Veracruz in 1519 to prepare for an advance inland.

The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) after the initial 1492 voyage of Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus under license from Queen Isabella I of Castile.

2023年3月28日 · The following is a list, not a rank, of the most famous Spanish Conquistadors that changed the world forever. Their swords would end ancient civilizations, and the diseases they carried would cripple Native Americans.

2022年8月30日 · The spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto leads an expedition of discovery and conquest in Florida and the southwestern part North America.

2021年2月28日 · The men who ravaged the peoples of the New World came to be known as the conquistadors, a Spanish word meaning "he who conquers." How much do you know about the ruthless men who gave the New World to the King of Spain on a bloody platter?

2023年3月3日 · Spanish explorers were adventurers and conquerors who traveled the seas on behalf of the Spanish monarch in pursuit of new territory and riches. They proceeded on a series of journeys that expanded Spain’s territorial claims and strengthened its riches and power beginning in the late 15th century.

2019年8月10日 · For two centuries, these men explored the New World, conquering any native people they came across in the name of the King of Spain (and the hope of gold). They came to be known as the conquistadors. Who were these men? The word conquistador comes from Spanish and means "he who conquers."