A conquistador is a person who is out to conquer new territory. A conquistador was the name given to the Fifteenth-to-Seventeenth century Spanish and Portugese soldiers who conquered much of the world, most famously the Central and Southern Americas. Not nice guys, but effective, and the term is still used today to describe certain people — ...

conquistador, (Spanish: “conqueror”) plural conquistadores or conquistadors, 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 meaning of CONQUISTADOR is one that conquers; specifically : a leader in the Spanish conquest of America and especially of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

17/03/2021 · Vasco Nuñez de Balboa (1475-1519) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer of the early colonial era. He is credited with leading the first European expedition to discover the Pacific Ocean (which he referred to as the "South Sea").

A conqueror, especially one of the 16th-century Spanish soldiers who defeated the Indian civilizations of Mexico, Central America, or Peru. noun.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Wikipedia list article. The following is a list of conquistadors .

21/05/2020 · Spanish for "He who conquers," according to ThoughtCo, the label "conquistador" applied to people who led efforts to dominate and enslave native populations in the so-called New World, seeking land, power, glory and gold.

02/04/2014 · Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquests of Central America and Peru and discovered the Mississippi River. (c. …