North & South America
North and South America
North and South America
North & South America
North & South America
the spanish
North & South America
Francisco Pizarro explored present-day Peru as part of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire in the early 16th century. He established the Spanish presence in the region, leading to the founding of Lima and the colonization of the area by Spain.
Early sailors would get both a pig and a rooster. One on each foot.
Some of the early Spanish explorers in Louisiana were Alonso Alvarez de Pineda, who mapped the Gulf Coast in 1519, and Hernando de Soto, who explored the Mississippi River in the 1540s. Another significant explorer was Cabeza de Vaca, who was shipwrecked near present-day Galveston, Texas, and later explored inland areas, including parts of Louisiana.
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Cortes was a Spanish Conquistador. He led an expedition that caused the Aztec Empire to fall. He explored in the year 1524.
Hernando Cortes explored and conquered Mexico on behalf of Spain. He is most known for the conquest of the Aztec Empire in the early 16th century. The capital city of the Aztecs, Tenochtitlan, is now modern-day Mexico City.