Conquistadores (Span., 'conquerors') is a collective term for the Spanish conquerors of America, such as Cortes, Balboa, Pizarro. See the articles under their names; as also MEXICO, PERU, &c.
Conquistadores
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 424
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