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The Spanish Conquistadors

Historian Esteban Cortijo explains why so many of the Conquistadores, such as Pizarro, Orijana and Hernan Cort茅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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