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=**Spanish: Who & Where**=


 * Where?**

Map of the Spanish empire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spanish_Empire.png The Spanish Empire covered areas in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas and Oceania over the period of the 15th - 19th century.


 * Who?**

Christopher Columbus - Spanish navigator and explorer, first to land in the new world in October 1492.

Hernán Cortés - Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire and gained control of Mexico for the crown of Spain.

Ferdinand Magellan - Portuguese explorer who has to seek funding from Spain. He was the first to lead an expedition around the world.

FRANCISCO PIZARRO - he was related to the famous Hernan Cortes (who was the more famous Spainsh conqueror of the two) - major conquest: the conquest of Peru and the Incas