enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Morion (helmet) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morion_(helmet)

   A 1550 Spanish cabasset, somewhat similar to the morion though it lacks the comb and has a taller crown, and is a different shape, Museo Naval de Madrid A similar helmet, the cabasset (Catalan: cabasset) (Spanish: capacete) was also worn during the 16th century and also originated in Spain, but it is unclear if it predated the morion or was an adaptation of it, with some sources saying it was ...

3. Category:Films about conquistadors - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_about...

   Pages in category "Films about conquistadors" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

4. List of conquistadors - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conquistadors

   The following is a list of conquistadors This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .

5. Conquistador - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquistador

   Spanish conquistador in the Pavilion of Navigation in Seville, Spain. Spanish conquistadors in the Americas made extensive use of swords, pikes, and crossbows, with arquebuses becoming widespread only from the 1570s. [115] A scarcity of firearms did not prevent conquistadors to pioneer the use of mounted arquebusiers, an early form of dragoon ...

6. Spanish conquest of El Salvador - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_El...

   Spanish weaponry included swords, firearms, crossbows and light artillery. Metal armour was impractical in the hot, humid climate of Central America and the Spanish were quick to adopt the quilted cotton armour of the natives. The conquistadors were supported by a large number of Indian auxiliaries drawn from previously encountered Mesoamerican ...

7. Cabeza de Vaca (film) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabeza_de_Vaca_(film)

   Cabeza de Vaca is a 1991 Mexican film directed by Nicolás Echevarría and starring Juan Diego about the adventures of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. 1490 – c. 1557), an early Spanish explorer, as he traversed what later became the American South. Cabeza de Vaca was one of four survivors of the Narváez expedition and shipwreck.

8. Gold (2017 film) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_(2017_film)

   Gold (Spanish: Oro) is a 2017 Spanish historical drama film directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes.The film is based on a short story by Arturo Pérez-Reverte and depicts a 16th-century Spanish expedition during the colonization of the Americas aiming at locating El Dorado.

9. 499 (film) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/499_(film)

   A Spanish conquistador is forced to return to modern Mexico and bear witness to the stories of victims of today's violence. Through surreal imagery and immersive storytelling, 499 explores the legacy of colonialism in contemporary Mexico, nearly five-hundred years after Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec Empire .