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Hernán Cortés
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Hernán Cortés

Hernán Cortés (1485-1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico from 1519. Taking the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1521, Cortés plundered Mesoamerica as he became the first ruler of the new colony...
History Of Warfare - The Spanish Armada - Full Documentary
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History Of Warfare - The Spanish Armada - Full Documentary

History Of Warfare - The Spanish Armada - Full Documentary The Spanish Armada was an enormous 130-ship naval fleet dispatched by Spain in 1588 as part of a planned invasion of England. Following years of hostilities between Spain and England...
Ten Notorious Dutch Pirates
Article by Mark Cartwright

Ten Notorious Dutch Pirates

While there have been pirates and privateers of all nationalities, some Dutch mariners were particularly troublesome in the early modern period, targeting, in particular, the Spanish Main but also shipping in the eastern Atlantic and the...
The Iberian Conquest of the Americas
Article by James Hancock

The Iberian Conquest of the Americas

European explorers began to probe the Western Hemisphere in the early 1500s, and they found to their utter amazement not only a huge landmass but also a world filled with several diverse and populous indigenous cultures. Among their most...
The Spanish flu: the biggest pandemic in modern history
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The Spanish flu: the biggest pandemic in modern history

Video about the Spanish flu, the biggest pandemic in modern history, created as a didactic resource for BNEScolar (BNE).
Hernando de Soto
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Hernando de Soto

Hernando de Soto (c. 1500-1542) was a Spanish conquistador who fought in Panama and Nicaragua and accompanied Francisco Pizarro (c. 1478-1541) in the conquest of the Inca civilization in Peru. He famously explored North America, including...
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475-1519) was a Spanish conquistador who famously discovered the Pacific Ocean after crossing the isthmus of Panama in 1513. An utterly ruthless adventurer and colonizer, Balboa was as much a danger to his fellow conquistadors...
The Spanish Flu & How The World Recovered (1918-1929) History Documentary
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The Spanish Flu & How The World Recovered (1918-1929) History Documentary

Thanks to for Audible for sponsoring today's video. Get your free 30 day trial, one free audiobook, and 2 audible originals here! http://www.audible.com/historytime OR text "historytime" to 500-500! The script for this video was researched...
Francisco Pizarro: Spanish Conquistador - Fast Facts | History
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Francisco Pizarro: Spanish Conquistador - Fast Facts | History

Spanish conquistador and eventual Governor of Peru Francisco Pizarro acquired wealth through kidnapping, ransom, and murder. Find out more about his violent rise to power in this video. Check out exclusive HISTORY content: Website - http://www.history.com?cmpid=Social_YouTube_HistHome...
The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation: Crash Course
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The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation: Crash Course

In which John Green explores how Spain went from being a middling European power to one of the most powerful empires on Earth, thanks to their plunder of the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries. Learn how Spain managed to destroy the...
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