conquistador
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A new take on the Dark Knight comic book hero that faces off against conquistador Hernán Cortés.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
Landing in Peru in 1531, during the Inca Civil War, the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro found the Inca Road an ideal conduit for seizing the empire and draining it of its treasure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
The FBI has returned a 500-year-old stolen document signed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés to Mexico.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025
Others credit Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, who got a taste of chocolate after being served Xocolatl by Montezuma himself.
From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025
The spoils of a conquest that the country had long ago forgotten, and that some conquistador had failed to tell his children about.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
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