Conquistadors

The audiobook behind the famed PBS and BBC production Conquistadors.

The Spanish conquest of the Americas in the sixteenth century was one of the most important and cataclysmic events in history. Spanish expeditions endured incredible hardships in order to open up the lands of the New World, and few stories in history can match these for drama and endurance. In Conquistadors, Michael Wood follows in the footsteps of some of the greatest of the Spanish adventurers, traveling from the forests of Amazonia to Lake Titicaca, the deserts of North Mexico, the snow peaks of the Andes, and the heights of Machu Picchu. He experiences the epic journeys of Cortés, Pizarro, Orellana, and Cabeza de Vaca, and he explores the turbulent and terrifying events surrounding the Spanish conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires.