- Director: David Wallace
- Release Year: 2000
- Production Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
Conquistadors
- Era: Early Modern
- Regions: Europe, Southern Europe, Spain, Americas, Caribbean, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Central America, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, North America, Mexico, United States, South America, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
- Subject: Colonialism
- Film Type: Mini-Series
Description
Historian Michael Wood follows the trail of the Conquistadors from Spain into South America and Mexico.
Themes
Imperial Spain (1479 – 1898), Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro (1485 – 1547), Francisco de Orellana (1511 – 1546), Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. 1488 – 1558), Francisco Pizarro González (c. 1471 – 1541), Aztec Empire (1428 – 1521), Inca Empire (1438 – 1533), Indigenous peoples, Native Americans, Conquistadors, Occupation, Genocides, Imperialism, Invasions, New World