Best Conquistador
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who led the military campaign that resulted in the fall of the Aztec Empire and established Spanish control over central Mexico. Arriving in the mainland in 1519, Cortés forged alliances with various indigenous groups who were opposed to Aztec rule, using the...
Spanish explorer who from 1539 to 1542 led the first European overland expedition through the southeastern United States, reaching the Mississippi River.
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire between 1532 and 1572, capturing and executing emperor Atahualpa and founding Lima, Peru, in 1535.
1947 Technicolor epic directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power, following a young Spaniard who joins Hernán Cortés on the conquest of Mexico in the early sixteenth century.
