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The conquistadors pooled resources to seek large profits from high-risk ventures.
Unidentified speaker · Si Sheppard – How did a few hundred Spanish soldiers topple two empires? · 1 Oct 2026
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“up as soldiers of fortunes and they call themselves campañeros which is colleagues or companions not soldados so this whole operation was if you like the most raw unbridled capitalism at its finest pooling assets to”
“derive enormous profits from very risky ventures.”Play from 1:33:24Report a misattribution
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