Definition of Conquistadors
1. conquistador [n] - See also: conquistador
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Conquistadors
Literary usage of Conquistadors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico by Sidney David Markman (1984)
"The returns in the treasure won by the conquistadors and in souls saved ...
The momentum of the conquest of Mexico carried the conquistadors to the south. ..."
2. Publications of the Southern History Association by Southern History Association (1902)
"Nor were the conquistadors of New Mexico men of mean repute in their own land.
... It may have all been true of the conquistadors, but when you run up ..."
3. Adventure Guide to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands by Peter Krahenbul (2003)
"The earliest recorded travelers to Ecuador's upper Amazon were the Spanish
conquistadors and missionaries in the mid-1500s. The first expedition was led by ..."
4. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Edward Gaylord Bourne, James Alexander Robertson, Emma Helen Blair (1906)
"In it will be found many of the names of the early conquistadors, and abundance
of proof of the inexact knowledge of the country obtained by the Spaniards. ..."
5. The Virgin Islands, Our New Possessions: And the British Islands by Theodoor Hendrik Nikolaas de Booy, John Thomson Faris (1918)
"Then were the Indians converted to Christianity by the piously inclined conquistadors?
Considering that these same conquistadors were responsible for the ..."
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