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Conquistadors

Conquistadors

Description: The history of the Spanish conquest of the New World.
Genre: Documentary
Year Released: 2000
Number of episodes: 4
First episode air date: November 24, 2000
Network: BBC
Written By: Michael Wood
Genre: Documentary
Language: English

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