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Conquistador (
Spanish [
kon.kis.t?a'ð?o?]) (
English Conqueror) is a Spanish
loanword meaning a Spanish soldier,
explorer, and
adventurer who took part in the gradual
invasion and conquest of much of the
Americas and
Asia Pacific, bringing them under
Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 19th centuries.
The term used for the Portuguese explorers and conquerors of Brazil is the Bandeirantes.
The conquistadors were generally younger, while the warlords were mostly middle aged.
"The warlords of the company were not conquering youth and adolescents as the rest of the host. They were, rather, mature men. Neither young nor old people, because the waiter he loses respect and the old force. The warlords of the conquest of Mexico (Cortes, Alvarado) was 34 years. Francisco Pizarro, was the oldest of all. Therefore, the Spaniards called him "El Viejo"(Old) and the Incas called him the "Apu Machu"." by Pablo Macera
