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Conquistador Expedition Organization
The expedition organizational model used by Spain for military conquest and colonial expansion in the Americas in the 16th century, centered on royal…
Timeline
- 1541–1544Peru–Chile · ChileAlmagro's 1541 expedition to Chile and Pedro de Valdivia's 1540 expedition typify the conquistador expedition structure: investors raised infantry and cavalry, spoils were distributed by shares, and adelantados received royal authorization to exercise judicial and military power.
- 1542–1550Spanish American colonies · Spanish AmericaThe 1542 New Laws restricted encomienda inheritance and regulated treatment of indigenous people; after the royal viceroy sent to suppress the Peruvian rebellion in 1548, expeditions required stricter royal permits, transforming the organizational form from private adventure into military-colonial units bound by the colonial bureaucracy.
Sources
- Spanish Conquest of the Americas https://www.britannica.com/event/Spanish-conquest-of-the-Americas