Conquistadors in a sentence

The conquistadors The accounts of the conquistadors are those of men confronted with a new civilization, which they tried to interpret according to their own culture.

Even swimming trunks — though the positioning of the avocados is not for the fainthearted and, without getting too graphic, you can see why, back in the 16th century, the Spanish conquistadors called it the aguacate, after ahuacatl — Aztec for testicle.

Others say it could be the spirits of Spanish conquistadors still searching for gold.

The cochineal insect was brought to Europe by Spanish conquistadors in the 15th century, and held a worth akin to gold and silver.

The region has produced wine since the 16th century — where conquistadors ventured, viticulture followed.

The Spanish conquistadors found the remnants of a road network, 15,000 miles long, surfaced and including twin highways parallel to the Pacific coast, with suspension bridges and tunnels cut through solid rock.

But along the Missouri-Arkansas Line, lies a tale of Spanish treasure, abandoned by conquistadors some hundreds of years ago.

The original image, which depicts Mary holding baby Jesus in her arms and carrying a rose, was first brought into the country by Spanish conquistadors in 1510.

Guillermo de Anda, the project’s director, says the new discovery also provides new insights into Mayan civilization as it existed before contact with Spanish conquistadors.

In New Mexico, the Conquistadors are locals, and the Native Americans are outsiders and troublemakerssantafenewmexican.

Keeping the bell on campus glorifies the work of conquistadors, ignoring the massacre of indigenous people while current members of the Amah Mutsun tribe are still recovering from its effects to this day.

Almost all of the gold and silver work of the Incan empire was melted down by the conquistadors.

Bartolomé de las Casas wrote apologetically about the Indians, accusing the Spanish conquistadors of committing unspeakable atrocities in their subjugation of the Aztecs and other indigenous groups.

Córdoba soon built defenses for the cities and fought against incursions by other conquistadors.

Early lionizing of the conquistadors did not encourage deep examination of Cortés.

Exploitation of this advantage began soon after the Spanish arrived, when the conquistadors used Panama to transport gold and silver from Peru to Spain.

Historia crítica 1 (1989): 1. Two other notable journeys by early conquistadors to the interior took place in the same period.

It is possible that most of its inhabitants died from smallpox introduced by travelers before the Spanish conquistadors arrived in the area.

Later reconsideration of the conquistadors' character in the context of modern anti-colonial sentiment also did little to expand understanding of Cortés as an individual.

Paraguay main Paraguayan music depends largely upon two instruments: the guitar and the harp, which were brought by the conquistadors and found their own voices in the country.