conquistador

Examples of conquistador in the following topics:

• European Empires in North America

  • Colonial expansion under the Spanish Empire was initiated by the Spanish conquistadors and developed by the Monarchy of Spain through its administrators and missionaries.
  • The Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon traveled to the New World on Columbus' second voyage.
  • The conquistadors, believing they held considerable military and technological superiority over the native cultures, attacked and destroyed the Aztecs in 1521.
  • By the early 16th century, Spanish conquistadors had penetrated deep into Central and South America.
  • In the following years, the conquistadors and indigenous allies extended their control over the greater Andes region, leading to the establishment of the Viceroyalty of Perú in 1542.

• Exploration and Conquest of the New World

  • The Spanish conquistadors invaded areas of Central and South America looking for riches, ultimately destroying the powerful Aztec and Inca cultures.
  • Colonial expansion under the Spanish Empire was initiated by the Spanish conquistadors and developed by the Monarchy of Spain through its administrators and missionaries.
  • The Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon was an early invader of the Americas, traveling to the New World on Columbus' second voyage.

• Cultures of Mesoamerica

  • In only a few centuries, the Aztec had aggressively expanded their territory and transformed Tenochtitlan into a capital so grand that the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes remarked on its beauty en route to sack the city in November 1519.
  • The Aztec need to 'feed' the gods in this way are the source of stories told by the Spanish conquistadors of huge statues splattered with blood and encrusted with jewels and gold.

• The Spanish Conquest and Its Effects on Incan Art

  • This decline was largely due to illness and disease such as smallpox, which is thought to have been introduced by colonists and conquistadors.
  • Pizarro, the Spanish explorer and conquistador who was responsible for destroying much of the city of Cusco in 1535, built a new European-style city over pre-colonial foundations.

• Spanish Exploration

  • After Columbus, the Spanish colonization of the Americas was led by a series of soldier-explorers called conquistadors.
  • One of the most accomplished conquistadors was Hernán Cortés, who leading a relatively small Spanish force but with local translators and the crucial support of thousands of native allies, achieved the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the campaigns of 1519–1521 (present day Mexico).

• Sacrifices

  • The Aztecs practiced human sacrifice on an unusually large scale; a sacrifice would be made every day to aid the sun in rising, the dedication of the great temple at Tenochtitlán was reportedly marked with the sacrificing of thousands, and there are multiple accounts of captured Conquistadores being sacrificed during the wars of the Spanish conquest of Mexico .

• The French Empire

  • Settlements in present-day Florida and Georgia created tension with Spanish conquistadors, who after conquering Caribbean lands would begin to expand northwards in search of new territory.

• Race Relations in Mexico: The Color Hierarchy

  • The descendants of the conquistadors, along with new arrivals from Spain, formed a new elite class of the population.

• Architecture of the Aztecs

  • When Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés arrived in Tenochtitlan on November 8, 1519, he and his men were in awe at the sight of the splendid city.

• The Moche

  • However, the Huaca del Sol was partly destroyed when Spanish Conquistadores mined its graves for gold in the 16th century.