The old slaver -- The conquest of paradise -- The capture of the sun god -- Cuzco -- The siege of the holy city -- The death of Almagro -- The frontiers of New Castile -- Marqués of the Indies -- The ...

In the 16th century, the Spanish conquistadors reached the town in the majestic Andes mountains that served as the political seat of the sprawling Incan Empire. For over three centuries, the Incas had ...

In November 1533 the triumphant Spanish Conquistador, Francisco Pizarro, took control of Cuzco which had been the Royal Capital of the Incas. Pizarro had very cunningly used his 180 soldiers to ...

Gonzalo Pizarro was a Spanish Conquistador and a half-brother to Francisco Pizarro. His life is a story of controversy and conquest. Gonzalo Pizarro was born in 1510 in Spain and his life was marked ...

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If you stand at a certain spot inside the newest park in this capital city and crane your neck skyward, you might see two things: an imposing bronze statue of a conquistador astride a horse, and the ...

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