WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Spanish explorers with hopes of conquest in the New World were known as conquistadores. Hernán Cortés arrived on Hispaniola in 1504 and participated in the conquest of the Island. Cortés then led the exploration of the Yucatán Peninsula in hopes of attaining glory.

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: -The Spanish conquistadors were essentially sanctioned pirates. Their goal was to claim land and resources for their investors and conquer natives of other lands for treasure and glory. They also were vital in the spread and enforcement of religion.

Detailed explanation-4: -A conquistador is a person who is out to conquer new territory. A conquistador was the name given to the Fifteenth-to-Seventeenth century Spanish and Portugese soldiers who conquered much of the world, most famously the Central and Southern Americas.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Conquistadors as Conquerors: Hernán Cortés By far, the most famous conquistadors in common memory are the ones that toppled the powerful and vast empires of the Aztecs and the Incas. Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro are the names associated with these respective conquests.