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Conquistadors (TV series)

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Conquistadors
Series titles over a smoky background
GenreDocumentary
Written byMichael Wood
Directed byDavid Wallace
Presented byMichael Wood
ComposerHoward Davidson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producerLaurence Rees
ProducerRebecca Dodds
CinematographyPeter Harvey
Running time46–51 mins
Production companiesMaya Vision for BBC and PBS
Original release
NetworkBBC
Release24 November (2000-11-24) –
15 December 2000 (2000-12-15)

Conquistadors (2000) is a documentary retelling of the story of the Spanish expeditions of conquest of the Americas. In this 4-part series historian Michael Wood travels in the footsteps of the Spanish expeditions, from Amazonia to Lake Titicaca, and from the deserts of North Mexico to the heights of Machu Picchu.[1][2]

Episode list

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  1. "The Fall of the Aztecs"
  2. "The Conquest of the Incas"
  3. "The Search for El Dorado"
  4. "All the World is Human"

References

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  1. ^ "Conquistadors". IMDb. 16 May 2001.
  2. ^ "Conquistadors". Amazon. 6 June 2006.

Web site https://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/