Spanish conquistadors

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Spanish conquistadors were 16th-century soldiers, explorers, and fortune-seekers from Spain who led the military conquest and colonization of vast territories in the Americas, often through violent subjugation of Indigenous peoples.

Observed surface forms (1)

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conquistador-in-training 1

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Francisco de Pizarro (as a soldier under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba) conquistador-in-training
Pizarro brothers