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Wednesday, 11 January 2017 10:26
How The Spanish Conquistador Was Born In Gran Canaria in 1478
Before Columbus 'discovered' America and decades before Hernán Cortez and Francisco Pizarro were even born, the Spanish Conquistador emerged from the blood and dust of the 1478 Battle For Las Palmas.
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