Conquistadors

Michael Wood travels in the footsteps of some of the greatest of the Spanish adventurers from Amazonia to Lake Titicaca, and from the deserts of North Mexico to the heights of Machu Picchu. He experiences first hand the reality of epic journeys, such as those made by Hernan Cortes and Francisco and Gonzalo Pizarro and explores the turbulent and terrifying evens surrounding the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and Inca empires, as well as Orellana's discovery of the Amazon and Cabeza de Vaca's extraordinary journey across America to the Pacific.