Conquistador
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Conquistadors or conquistadores were Spanish and Portuguese colonizers who explored, traded with, and conquered many parts of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania during the Age of Discovery. Saili
Depiction of a Conquistador, Alberto del Canto
The conquest of Colorado, by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau, depicting Coronado's 1540–1542 expedition
Ponce de León and his explorers in Florida searching for the Fountain of Youth
Landing of Columbus by John Vanderlyn, 1847. Christopher Columbus and his Spanish crew making their first landfall in the Americas in 1492
Bartolomé de las Casas
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Bartolomé de las Casas, OP ; 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566 was a Spanish lawyer, clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as a historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas
Bartolome de las Casas signature 1559
Reconstruction of a Taíno village from Las Casas's times in contemporary Cuba
A contemporary painting of King Ferdinand "The Catholic"