These small, tough animals have galloped the dusty hills since the late 1500s, when their ancestors strayed from the encampments of the conquistadores.

这些生物体型矮小，桀骜不驯。 早在16世纪末，野马的祖先从西班牙征服者的营地里走失，从此世代驰骋于这片沙砾堆积的群山之上。

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Scholars long possessed few clues about the lives of Inca kings, apart from flattering histories that Inca nobles told soon after the arrival of Spanish conquistadores.

学者对于印加君王的生平，一直知之甚少，只知道西班牙侵略者初到当地印加贵族所告诉他们的一些轶事。

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During the 16th century, Spanish conquistadores tried to penetrate it but the vegetation, harsh climate, lack of water and indigenous tribes defeated them and the Chaco was largely ignored.

早在16世纪，西班牙征服者试图进入这片土地，但那里浓密的植被、恶劣的气候、饮用水的匮乏以及土著部落顽强的抗争，终于让他们落荒而逃，之后查科便被世人基本遗忘了。

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"We are survivors." "We are part of the people who went into the mountains to survive when the conquistadores were massacring our people."

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Campeche was founded in 1540 by Spanish conquistadores as San Francisco de Campeche atop the pre-existing Maya city of Campech or Kimpech.

UNESCO: Culture

Spaniards are far from proud of their military record over the past century and have no yearning for the more distant days when the conquistadores took South America or when swathes of Europe were under Spanish control.

ECONOMIST: Wary Spaniards