Juan Garrido
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Juan Garrido was an Afro-Spaniard conquistador of Kongo origin. Born in the Kingdom of Kongo in West Central Africa, he went to Portugal as a young man. In converting to Catholicism, he chose the Span
Dark-skinned conquistador in the Codex Azcatitlan, possibly Garrido himself.
Depiction of an African conquistador in Cortés' entourage, possibly either Juan Garrido or Juan Cortés.
Conquistador
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Conquistadors or conquistadores were Spanish and Portuguese colonists who explored, traded with, and conquered many parts of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania during the Age of Discovery. Sailin
Juan Garrido
…Juan Garrido (c. 1480 – c. 1550) was an Afro-Spaniard conquistador of Kongo origin. Born in the Kingdom of Kongo in West Central Africa, he went to Portugal as a young man. In converting to Catholicism, he chose the…
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