CONQUISTADOR

kŏnkwĭsˈtədôr, Span. kōng-kēˌstäthôrˈ, military leader in the Spanish conquest of the New World in the 16th cent. Francisco Pizarro, the conqueror of Peru, and Hernán Cortés, the conqueror of Mexico, were the greatest of the conquistadors. The name is frequently used to mean any daring, ruthless adventurer.

See P. Horgan, Conquistadors in North American History (1963); F. A. Kirkpatrick, The Spanish Conquistadores (2d ed. 1967).

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The Heritage of the Conquistadors: Ruling Classes in Central America from the Conquest to the Sandinistas
Book by Richard E. Greenleaf, Samuel Z. Stone; University of Nebraska Press, 1990
Subjects: Central America--Genealogy, Costa Rica--Genealogy, Elite (Social Sciences)--Central America--History--Case Studies, Elite (Social Sciences)--Costa Rica--History, Power (Social Sciences)--Case Studies
...and governor of Panama. Conquistador Gaspar de Morales was also...Hernandez de Cordoba was conquistador of Nicaragua; the discoverer...de Alvarado Contreras, conquistador, adelantado, and governor...the ties of kinship among conquistadors. Both Pedrarias Davila...
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Conquistador in Chains: Cabeza de Vaca and the Indians of the Americas
Book by David A. Howard; University of Alabama Press, 1997
Subjects: America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish, Explorers--America--Biography, Explorers--Spain--Biography, Indians of North America--First contact with Europeans, Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar--16th cent
A conquistador in chains appears...becoming no conquistador at all? Or...those of other conquistadores? Neither...to his fellow conquistadores, his attitudes...as no other conquistador of his time...
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The Spanish Conquistadores
Book by F. A. Kirkpatrick; A. & C. Black, 1934
Subjects: America--Discovery And Exploration--Spanish, Latin America--History--To 1600
...Pizarro into the equatorial forests has a prominent place in the Spanish historians: it is part of the biography of a famous Conquistador and it illustrates the general character of Spanish exploration; it is also one of the few expeditions which have been described...
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De Soto and the Conquistadores
Book by Theodore Maynard; Longmans, Green, 1930
Subjects: America--Discovery And Exploration--Spanish, Soto, Hernando De--Ca. 1500-1542
...But neither for you nor for any man will I set back one foot." By the time the messenger returned De Soto was very ill. But the anger of the Conquistador flamed up. "Oh, if I were only well enough," he cried passionately, "I
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The Last of the Conquistadors, Junipero Serra, 1713-1784
Book by Omer Englebert, Katherine Woods; Harcourt, Brace, 1956
Subjects: Serra, Junaipero--1713-1784
...Cortez, "in which Montezuma does not take four thousand youths from us, to be offered to his gods." The alliances the conquistador formed with these subjugated tribes contributed enormously to his victory. Cortez deceived everyone except his King; he...
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journal articles on: Conquistador  - 212 results

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Puritan Conquistadors: Iberianizing the Atlantic, 1550-1700
Journal article by David Harris Sacks; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Puritan Conquistadors: Iberianizing the Atlantic, 1550-1700(Book)--Book reviews
Puritan Conquistadors: Iberianizing the Atlantic, 1550...Jorge Canizares-Esguerra. Puritan Conquistadors: Iberianizing the Atlantic, 1500...Jorge Canizares-Esguerras Puritan Conquistadors is written with the sensibility of...
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The Conquistador and the Virgin Mary in Latin American Culture and the Perpetuation of Violence
Journal article by Madeleine Gomez; The Journal of Psychohistory, Vol. 34, 2007
...unlike the other Conquistadors who documented...his years as a Conquistador, he ultimately...postulated that the Conquistador was born out of...apprenticeship. The Conquistadors connection with...After all, if the Conquistadors had not been so...household or as in the Conquistador, the head of...
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British Conquistadors and Aztec Priests: The Horror of Southey's Madoc
Journal article by Elisa E. Beshero-Bondar; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 82, 2003
Subjects: Madoc (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Southey, Robert--Criticism and interpretation, Southey, Robert--Works
...Protestant Madoc in place of the Spanish Conquistador. Indeed, many of Madocs early views...protect his people. Yet Southeys British conquistador improves on the historical Cortez...project alienates its hero as a horrific conquistador, the figure of Madoc and the cultures...
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Simms's Vasconselos: A Multicultural Reading
Journal article by Peter Murphy; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 35, 2003
Subjects: American literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Interracial marriage--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Simms, William Gilmore--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Vasconselos, A Romance of the New World (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...past of the Spanish conquistador. Simms makes the...392). The various conquistadors and their coats of...is compared to the conquistador and slave merchant...the values of the conquistadors. In one incident...savior, rebukes the conquistador for his inability...
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Hernan Cortes: Virtu vs Fortuna
Journal article by Marco A. Almazan; Journal of American Culture, Vol. 20, 1997
Subjects: Cortes, Hernan (1485-1547), Culture, History, Leadership, Mexico, War
...granting of lands to the conquistadores in reward for services...in June 1526, the conquistador re-established his...was fragile and the conquistador obtained allies with...Cortes and the other conquistadores, substituted Tenochtitlan...major risks. The conquistador certainly possessed...
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Conquistador of Reason
Magazine article by Wilfred M. Mcclay; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, March 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Jefferson's Demons: Portrait Of A Restless Mind (Book)--Book reviews
Conquistador of Reason. by Wilfred M. McClay...figures important to Jefferson as conquistadors for the empire of reason. Jeffersons...assessing the careers of that gallery of conquistadors on his parlor wall, and with them...
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Two Cheers for the Conquistadors: The Death-Obsessed and Inward-Looking Aztec Civilisation Sowed the Seeds of Its Own Destruction
Magazine article by Tim Stanley; History Today, Vol. 61, March 2011
Subjects: Aztec culture--Influence, Aztecs--Social aspects, Conquest of Mexico, 1519-1521--Evaluation
Two Cheers for the Conquistadors: The Death-Obsessed and Inward...collapse. In February 1519 the Conquistador Hernando Cortes (1485-1547...might also give two cheers for the Conquistadors for having purged the earth of...
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All That Glitters: A Clunky Tale of Conquistadors and Incas Fails to Strike Gold
Magazine article by Michael Portillo; New Statesman, Vol. 135, April 24, 2006
Subjects: The Royal Hunt of the Sun (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews
All That Glitters: A Clunky Tale of Conquistadors and Incas Fails to Strike Gold. by Michael Portillo The...examples of amoral man. According to Old Martin, the conquistador was never the same again after the trauma of murdering...
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The New Conquistadores: Multinational Mining Companies Face off against Disgruntled Communities in Peru
Magazine article by Karyn Keenan; Alternatives Journal, Vol. 30, Spring 2004
Subjects: Mineral industry, Mining industry
The New Conquistadores: Multinational Mining Companies Face off against Disgruntled Communities in Peru. by Karyn Keenan MOST OF PERUS Pacific coast...
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The New Conquistadors
Magazine article by Gregory C. Jones; Alternatives Journal, Vol. 27, Fall 2001
Subjects: Machu Picchu Site, Peru--Description and travel, Peru--Description and travel
THE NEW CONQUISTADORS by GREGORY C. JONES Trekkers on the Inca Trail threaten a priceless landscape On a bright July morning, I climbed the worn stone...
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Bienvenida a Los Lectores De El Conquistador
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 7, 2011
...Bienvenida a Los Lectores De El Conquistador. Byline: Por Marco Ortiz...Bienvenida a los lectores de El Conquistador El nmero de Reflejos de este...estratgica con el peridico El Conquistador. Por ello, los que conformamos...
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Welcome El Conquistador Readers
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 7, 2011
Welcome El Conquistador Readers. Byline: Marco Ortiz Content...strategic alliance with the newspaper El Conquistador. Those of us who make up the Reflejos...heartfelt welcome to the readers of El Conquistador, who will be able to enjoy and take...
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Reflejos, El Conquistador Merge Operations
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 9, 2011
Subjects: Paddock Publications Inc.--Alliances and partnerships, Paddock Publications Inc.--Reports
...any staffing changes. El Conquistador will lose its one writer...own the rights to the El Conquistador name and will maintain its...content provided through El Conquistador will make Reflejos an even...will take advantage of El Conquistadors McHenry County base, which...
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Bilingual Newspapers El Conquistador and Reflejos, Who Have Independently Served
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 10, 2011
Subjects: Hispanic Americans, Newspapers
Bilingual Newspapers El Conquistador and Reflejos, Who Have Independently Served. Bilingual newspapers El Conquistador and Reflejos, who have independently...agreement, editorial operations of El Conquistador will be assumed by the editors of...
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Conquistador; Have-Ago Pensioner Shows His Fighting Spirit BY TRACKING DOWN MUGGER ON SPANISH HOLIDAY ISLE
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 22, 2006
Conquistador; Have-Ago Pensioner Shows His Fighting Spirit BY TRACKING DOWN MUGGER ON SPANISH HOLIDAY ISLE. Byline: STUART PATTERSON PENSIONER...
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FernÁndez De CÓrdoba, Francisco , D. 1526?, Spanish Conquistador
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FERNANDEZ DE CORDOBA, FRANCISCO , d. 1526?, Spanish conquistador , d. 1526?, Spanish conquistador. Sent in 1523 by Pedro Arias de Avila to deprive Gil Gonzalez de Avila (d. 1543) of his claims to Nicaragua, Fernandez de Cordoba founded...
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Conquistador
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CONQUISTADOR konkwis t dor, Span...the greatest of the conquistadors. The name is frequently...adventurer. See P. Horgan, Conquistadors in North American History...Kirkpatrick, The Spanish Conquistadores (2d ed. 1967...
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Pizarro, Francisco
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Span. franthes ko pethar ro, c.1476 1541, Spanish conquistador, conqueror of Peru. Born in Trujillo, he was an illegitimate...Quito. Franciscos greed and ambition, extreme even in a conquistador, had, however, offset his resourcefulness, courage...
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Balboa, Vasco NÚÑez De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Span. va sko noo nyath da balbo a, c.1475 1519, Spanish conquistador, discoverer of the Pacific Ocean. After sailing with Bastidas...only rarely the rapacity and cruelty characteristic of the conquistador. He won the friendship of the indigenous people, who accompanied...
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JimÉnez De Quesada, Gonzalo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JIMENEZ DE QUESADA, GONZALO gontha lo hema neth da kasa tha, c.1499 1579, Spanish conquistador in Colombia. Chief magistrate of Santa Marta, he was commissioned to explore the Magdalena in search of El Dorado . He set out...
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