• Fushuan [he/him]
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    2 hours ago

    Not by conquistador standards, conquistadors weren’t a thing when he died. He was the Caribbean governor and conquistadors conquered the rest of americas some years after he died.

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      1: Would you agree that the Spanish systemically conquered the Caribbean islands to establish the base of operations they needed to expand on the mainland?

      2: What does conquistador directly translate as?

      3: Was Columbus specifically removed because he was bad even by the other conquered islands’ standards?