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"Judgment comes
from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment". Simon Bolivar
Latin American History
Spanish
Conquest and the Conquistadors
Spain conquered a region that stretched from western
North America to the southern tip of South America. The
needs and wishes of the native populations was rarely
taken into account in her drive to control this vast region.
Conquistadors
Videos View videos on the Spanish generals
and their armies that conquered the Incas and Aztecs and
and as a result subjugated two continents.
Cortes
Son of a minor noble family
conquistadorHernando Cortez is most noted for his conquest of
the Aztec Empire. With a force of only 150 men, he was
able to defeat a vastly larger force led by
Montezuma by diseases, cannons, rifles, dogs,
horses, armor and native allies.
The Antiquity of
Man Inca conquest The most cogent argument is that
the conquest of the Incas was made possible by the
technical superiority of the European weaponry employed
by the Spanish: ...
Francisco Pizarro A Spanish
conquistador who explored much of the Pacific coast
of South America during the 16th century. In 1532
Francisco Pizarro brutally conquered the Inca
Empire and executed the Inca King
Atahualpa,
Other
Conquistadors
"A conqueror,
especially one of the 16th-century Spanish soldiers who
defeated the Indian civilizations of Mexico, Central
America, or Peru" Source:
Answers.com.
Conquistadors
The
Conquistadors is a four-part series
airing on PBS in Spring 2001