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The Spanish Conquistadors

Historian Esteban Cortijo explains why so many of the Conquistadores, such as Pizarro, Orijana and Hernan CortΓ©s, originated from Extremadura in western Spain. He describes their fortitude, which had its origins in the stark and extreme landscape of Extremadura.

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