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Following the discovery in 1492 by Europeans of the New World with Christopher Columbus's first voyage there and the first circumnavigation of the world by Juan Sebastián Elcano in 1521 (both voyages promoted by the Spanish Crown of Castile), expeditions led by conquistadors in the 16th century established trading ...

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The conquistadors were always out numbered but they always were triumphant.

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They were fierce and could not be stopped. They only wanted Blood and Mercy! And they killed everything that was in their path. Some of them force to become slaves.

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The Conquistadors where European Men/Soldiers.

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The conquistadors also fought for the glory of their country, France, as well as getting money.

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Even some rich nobility families' members became soldiers or missionaries, but mostly not the firstborn heirs. The two most famous conquistadors were Hernán Cortés who conquered the Aztec Empire and Francisco Pizarro who led the conquest of the Inca Empire.

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The conquistadors came from all over Europe, from places like Germany, and Greece. Most of them were from families of poor, and lower, almost none of them were nobles, since nobles didn't need the money. Though most of the conquistadors had never been in combat, they were organized people. They were free to join, and could leave at any time. And because the Inca's, Aztecs, and Mayans were full of gold, and loot, that made even more men, and women want to join. They were all either footmen, harquebusiers, or cavalry, crossbowmen, horsemen, and artilleryman.

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They landed in 1492.

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Some of them had never fought before.

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Cortes's group was made up of about 100 sailors and 500 armed men.

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Some were freed men.

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free launders, eyes set on gold.

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African slaves and natives were also part of his party.

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They were madders.

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They were just men out looking for adventure and gold. There were sailors and armed men, ranging from the ages of teens to 50's. And before that Cortes hadn't even lead his own army, and too had no experience in the matter.

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They didn't. They just had to say why they were the right men for the job and how much Cortes would pay them.

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Most didn't even have training

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Most of them had no military training, they were people from all kinds of backgrounds. Some didn't even have any experiences fighting.

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Most of them didn't have any military experience, and had never been in combat.