15 Facts About Conquistador

Conquistador later tried to incorporate the kingdom of Portugal by marriage.

Conquistador initially backed Cortes's expedition to Mexico, but because of his personal enmity for Cortes later ordered Panfilo de Narvaez to arrest him.

Conquistador sought a way to transport the Potosi's silver to Europe.

Conquistador fought as a free servant or auxiliary, participating in Spanish expeditions to other parts of Mexico in the 1520s and 1530s.

Conquistador claimed to have been the first person to plant wheat in Mexico.

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Conquistador was later awarded an estate in Santiago; a city he would help Valdivia found.

Conquistador joined the conquest in Venezuela and was made a captain.

Conquistador was killed at the Zuni village of Hawikuh in present-day New Mexico.

Conquistador was the first governor-general of the Spanish East Indies.

Conquistador was succeeded by Francisco Barreto, who served with the title of "governor-general".

Conquistador had however, already bequeathed the island of Ambon to his Portuguese godfather Jordao de Freitas.

Conquistador likewise conquered the Portuguese possessions of Elmina Castle, Saint Thomas, and Luanda and Angola.

Conquistador managed to penetrate the outer defences of the Inca Empire on the hills of the Andes, in present-day Bolivia, the first European to do so, eight years before Francisco Pizarro.

Conquistador established direct royal control with the Council of the Indies, the most important administrative organ of the Spanish Empire, both in the Americas and in Asia.

Conquistador borrowed as little as possible, preferring to invest all their belongings.