Conquistador

One of the mestizos called don Alonso de Silva was the illegitimate son of the Portuguese conquistador Francisco Gonzales de Silva and Doña Juana Sirita, the eldest sister of the cacique of Tibasosa. Don Diego de Torres was the son of the conquistador Juan de Torres and of doña Catalina de Moyachoque, the eldest sister of the cacique of Tumerque, pueblo de indios in the Province of Tunja. Don Diego de Torres, cacique…

by the young, twenty-five year old conquistador, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, to find the Seven Cities of Gold. Two hundred twenty-five men on horses, sixty soldiers, one thousand armed indians, and many indian and black slaves left behind life as they knew it to face the dangers and disappointment that was to come in…

The Plight of Smallpox in the Aztec Empire was the conquistadors primary benefactor in their conquest of the Aztec Empire because of the effect it had on the population of the area “50 percent, probably ranging beyond 75 percent, and even topping 90 percent in some large regions”. Smallpox caused a considerable…

The Conquest of Mexico and Peru were two individual but linked events that led the Spanish to conquer over territorial empires. The historical invasions of the conquests led to many changes in Latin American history, and had effects on the Spanish present day; but changes to European cultures and trading aspects back in the 16th century are insignificant. The Conquest of Mexico was basically the capture of the Aztec Empire, which was ruled by emperor Montezuma. The Conquest of Peru was the…

Spaniards thinking that there were gods. The native had never seen ships an men that wore armor on horses before. Cortez found it as an opportunity once he saw the riches of gold and silver amongst the Native American. He took control using his conquistador the battle begins as the quest to take over Mexico from the Native Americans. Even though the Native American were in mass in numbers about a million are more in size. Nevertheless, The Spaniard had huge artillery, ships that fires huge fire…

Captain Garcilaso “El Inca” de la Vega was an important chronicler of the Spanish exploration and conquest of the Americas, whose works were instrumental in the preservation of Inca culture. His father was a Spanish captain, and his mother was Palla Occlo, Incan royalty. He was a captain of a Spanish warship during the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British, and translated poetry during his time as a sea captain. He preserved Incan culture in his greatest works. He successfully blended fact…

Hernando Cortés also known as Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro is an explorer and a conquistador. Cortés is infamous for eliminating the amazing empire of the Aztecs. Cortés after brutally murdering the Aztecs, he claimed their native land, Mexico, for Spain. Although can Cortés be considered a hero and a villain, but can he be both? Hernando Cortés was born in Medellín, Spain in 1485. He was born in a wealthy family, but his family wasn’t as wealthy. He attended the University of Salamanca,…

desire to spread their versions of Christianity to other people as a result of religious rivalries. Religion also provided the means for exploration. The monarchs in Spain were Catholic. The Catholic monarchs were more willing to grant funds to conquistadors who promised to spread Catholicism in Spain’s name. For example, the Spanish monarchy funded missionary trips to…

Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico, Camilla Townsend illustrates the life of an enslaved native American and the choices she had to make during the conquering of her native land. Malintzin was a slave to the Spaniards, and the Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortes, obtained her by defeating a tribe and winning her as a gift. Cortes originally gave Malintzin to one of his captains, unknowing of her value to translate between the Spanish and indigenous people. Upon learning of her…

As the world grew and civilizations rose, there were those who used brute force, manipulation, and raping of cultures to gain money, power, and complete control of what they so desired. First starting off with the spanish capture of mexico and then the complete takeover of the Native Americans by the new American settlers. The book that will be used to help explain everything will be Juan Gonzalez revised edition of Harvest of Empire:A History of Latinos in America. When the world was young many…