Famous Conquistadors Research Paper

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In the 1500’s spanish explorers called conquistadors started going out and conquering foreign lands. The conquistadors had three motives for what they did, the G's god gold and glory. They wanted gold and wealth for the lands they conquered. The conquistadors wanted to be remember for glorious things they did and they want to spread god's message and convert most people they encountered. Two of the most known conquistadors were Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortez. These two men conquered Empires that were in South America and they had similar things that they did as well as different things.
Hernan Cortez was born in spain in 1485, He originally was a soldier in cuba. He then left and went to what is now mexico and with 500 hundred men and