In 1513, Spanish explorer and conquistador Francisco Pizarro joined Vasco Núñez de Balboa in his march to the “South Sea,” ...

Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador, or conqueror, who is best remembered for conquering the Aztec Empire in 1521 and claiming Mexico for Spain. He also helped colonize Cuba and became a ...

The 40-pound conquistador ‘wall gun’ needed two people to operate. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries ... forcing Spanish explorers to retreat.

Scientists have exhumed a nearly 500-year-old bronze conquistador cannon in Arizona that's the oldest gun ever discovered in the United States. By employing radiocarbon dating and other cutting ...

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.

The shooting occurred during a protest over a plan to redisplay a statue of controversial Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate in Española, New Mexico. Latest U.S.

A man was shot Thursday during a protest against plans to reinstall a statue of a controversial Spanish conquistador in northern New Mexico, police say. Demonstrators were gathered in the city of ...

Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate has deep roots in New Mexico, dating back over 400 years. This has led to Oñate having two honorary statues in the state previously.Oñate helped to establish ...