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Cortés, Hernán
Francisco Pizarro
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Tenochtitlán
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Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto
Spanish explorer
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador
Narváez, Panfilo de
Panfilo de Narváez
Spanish conquistador
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Spanish conquistador
Oñate, Juan de
Juan de Oñate
Spanish conquistador
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, engraving.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Spanish conquistador
Gonzalo Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar and Hernán Cortés
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
Spanish conquistador
Benalcázar, Sebastián de
Sebastián de Benalcázar
Spanish conqueror
Diego de Almagro
Spanish conquistador
Valdivia, detail of an engraving
Pedro de Valdivia
Spanish conqueror