Peru
peru
Hernan Cortes is not accurately matched with the area he explored or conquered. Under the command of Cortes, the Aztec Empire in Mexico was conquered, not the Inca Empire in South America. That was conquered by Francisco Pizarro.
The South American country with the largest area is Brazil.
The biggest South American land area is the country of Brazil with 8,5 million square meters.
The area in South America that is now called Colombia was inhabited by the Inca Native American Tribe. Later Spanish explorers made Spanish settlements there and conquered the Inca empire.
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
South America has an area that can be expressed as 6.88 million square miles. If you need the area in KM, the conversion is 17.84 million KM.
Brazil is the largest country in South America.
The largest South American country is Brazil (area is 8.516 million km²) and the capital is Brasilia.