0 one of the Spanish people who travelled to America in the 16th century and took control of Mexico and Peru
1 a soldier during the 16th and 17th centuries who defeated people in the Americas and took their land for Spain
Conquistadors and other European explorers did terrible things to native people so that they could get gold to take home.
Conquistadors were Spanish or Portuguese explorers and soldiers who came to the Americas looking for land, adventure, and gold.
For over 60 years, Spanish conquistadors had taken incredible amounts of gold and silver from the many people and rich gold mines of North and South America.
When the conquistadors arrived, they met many native people.
It was this conquistador who was responsible for the second and permanent founding of the city of Buenos Aires.
The conquistador nearly always risked much of his own before he set sail from his native land.
