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Also Known As conquistadores

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Cortés, Hernån
Francisco Pizarro
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Historical illustration showing Spanish conquistadors overseeing Indigenous laborers constructing buildings and carrying materials amid the ruins of Tenochtitlan, later Mexico City.
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Hernån Cortés
Hernån Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Vasco NĂșñez de Balboa
Vasco NĂșñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto
Spanish explorer
PĂĄnfilo de NarvĂĄez
PĂĄnfilo de NarvĂĄez
Spanish conquistador and colonial official
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador
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Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Spanish conquistador
Oñate, Juan de
Juan de Oñate
Spanish conquistador
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, engraving.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Spanish conquistador
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Gonzalo Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Painting depicting Spanish conquistador Diego Velazquez de Cuellar handing command to Hernan Cortes near ships, with crew and indigenous laborers in the background.
Diego Velåzquez de Cuéllar
Spanish conquistador
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Diego de Almagro
Spanish conquistador
BenalcĂĄzar, SebastiĂĄn de
SebastiĂĄn de BenalcĂĄzar
Spanish conqueror
Valdivia, detail of an engraving
Pedro de Valdivia
Spanish conqueror