4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
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The conquistadors were not merely low-status desperados, and many had some education.

Unresolved speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026

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“These were not desperados of the lowest of the low.”
“Many of them had some education.”
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