Spanish conquistadors were the first Europeans to encounter the Amazon. But the true pioneers of Amazon rainforest exploration were the botanists, zoologists, and naturalists who discovered and ...

That’s where the Tocobaga fled from a Spanish conquistador and explorer in the 1500s. ... and this was an army of Conquistadors on their ships with their horses and guns,” said Anderson.

New York Times bestseller “The Wide Wide Sea” as an Aspen Words writer-in-residence in 2020. He returns tonight with the ...

In 'Magellan,' starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Lav Diaz depicts the decade of devastation wreaked by European conquistadors in the Pacific.

The search for the waters of eternal life has fascinated figures from Gilgamesh to the conquistadors to Hollywood studio chiefs. It’s been mostly — but perhaps not entirely — wishful thinking.

Diaz depicts the career of the Portuguese navigator and explorer Fernão de Magalhães (c. 1480-1521), ... not unlike the deranged conquistador of Aguirre Wrath of God ...

Decades after the conquistadors landed in Peru, four Inca emperors held out here, stirring up rebellion. The explorer Hiram Bingham bushwhacked his way down here in 1911, but another lost Inca ...

FORGOTTEN HISTORY. TRUTH about the Conquistadors. Posted: December 27, 2024 | Last updated: March 7, 2025. In 1519 Spanish explorer and Conquistador Hernan Cortez landed on the shore of eastern ...

During a systematic metal detector survey in southern Arizona, Deni Seymour unearthed a 16th-century cannon likely left behind by Spanish conquistadors. Deni Seymour In 1541, Spanish explorers ...

These 500-Year-Old Cannons May Help Unravel the Mysteries of the Coronado Expedition. The 16th-century artifacts were found during excavations in Arizona.

Explorer Colonel John Blashford-Snell has had close encounters with vampire bats and angry bees, but his latest brush has been with a rather odd dog. He spotted a rare breed of Double-Nosed Andean ...