Spanish Conquest of the Americas
1519–1572 · Event
The Spanish subjugation of the American mainland empires, from Cortés's landing in Mexico to the fall of the last Inca stronghold at Vilcabamba.
On these timelines: Latin America, Pre-Columbian Americas, Spain, Master
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Around 1519
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