conquistador
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Landing in Peru in 1531, during the Inca Civil War, the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro found the Inca Road an ideal conduit for seizing the empire and draining it of its treasure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
The FBI has returned a 500-year-old stolen document signed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés to Mexico.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025
Others credit Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, who got a taste of chocolate after being served Xocolatl by Montezuma himself.
From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025
When Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés took his final expedition in 1536 and saw the western coast of North America, he called it California, borrowing the name from Montalvo’s romance.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2024
The most dramatic moment in subsequent European—Native American relations was the first encounter between the Inca emperor Atahuallpa and the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro at the Peruvian highland town of Cajamarca on November 16, 1532.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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