USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Conquistadors were Spanish or Portuguese explorers and soldiers who came to the Americas looking for land, adventure, and gold. Coronado was a conquistador. For over 60 years, Spanish conquistadors had taken incredible amounts of gold and silver from the many people and rich gold mines of North and South America.

Detailed explanation-2: -The two most famous conquistadors were Hernán Cortés who conquered the Aztec Empire and Francisco Pizarro who led the conquest of the Inca Empire. They were second cousins born in Extremadura, where many of the Spanish conquerors were born.

Detailed explanation-3: -conquistador, (Spanish: “conqueror”) plural conquistadores or conquistadors, any of the leaders in the Spanish conquest of America, especially of Mexico and Peru, in the 16th century.

Detailed explanation-4: -: one that conquers. specifically : a leader in the Spanish conquest of America and especially of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

Detailed explanation-5: -Spanish explorers with hopes of conquest in the New World were known as conquistadores.