{"podcast":{"title":"The Conquistadors: Exploration, Greed, and Destruction — Fexingo History","slug":"the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470","podcast_index_feed_id":7864470,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/history/the-conquistadors.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/history/the-conquistadors/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/history/the-conquistadors/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":182,"summary":"From the moment Hernán Cortés burned his ships on the Veracruz shore to the fall of Tenochtitlan in 1521, the Spanish conquistadors remade the Americas through a volatile mix of courage, cruelty, and greed. Lucas and Luna guide listeners through the brutal collision of two worlds, examining not only the well-known figures—Cortés, Pizarro, Moctezuma, Atahualpa—but also the indigenous allies, enslaved Africans, and forgotten women who shaped the conquest. Each episode dissects a specific campaign or cultural encounter: the siege of Tenochtitlan, the conquest of the Inca Empire, the protracted Maya resistance, and the lesser-known expeditions into Florida and the Amazon. They explore the legal and moral debates of the Valladolid Controversy, the devastating impact of Old World diseases, and the encomienda system that bound native peoples to Spanish lords. The show also confronts the long legacy: how conquest myths were constructed, how indigenous memory survives, and how modern movements grapple with statues, repatriation, and historical memory. This is not a simple story of heroes or villains—it is a search for understanding amid the rubble of empires. Can we truly grasp the scale o…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T06:20:17.143281+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470"},"episode":{"title":"The Guadalajara Cartographer: Domingo Lázaro and the First Map of New Spain","slug":"the-guadalajara-cartographer-domingo-l-zaro-and-the-first-map-of-new-spain","published_at":"2026-07-11T03:04:16+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-guadalajara-cartographer-domingo-l-zaro-and-the-first-map-of-new-spain","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/history/the-conquistadors/episode-0147.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/history/the-conquistadors/episode-0147.mp3","summary":"When Cortés returned to Spain in 1528, he brought with him something more telling than gold: a map. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the forgotten story of Domingo Lázaro, the indigenous cartographer from the Guadalajara region who helped create the first detailed map of New Spain for Emperor Charles V. Discover how Lázaro blended Nahua pictographic traditions with European mapmaking conventions, depicting mountains, rivers, and settlements in a way that served Spanish administrative needs while preserving indigenous knowledge. Along the way, we examine the 1528 Map of Santa Cruz, the role of the Casa de Contratación in Seville, and how cartography became a tool of both colonization and resistance. We also touch on the legacy of indigenous mapmakers like the authors of the Relaciones Geográficas in the 1580s. A story of empire, artistry, and the politics of knowledge. #DomingoLázaro #MapOfSantaCruz #Cortés #NewSpain #Cartography #IndigenousMapmaking #CasaDeContratación #CharlesV #Nahuatl #RelacionesGeográficas #1528 #Guadalajara #Seville #ColonialMexico #History #FexingoHistory #Podcast #Mesoamerica Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"When Cortés returned to Spain in 1528, he brought with him something more telling than gold: a map. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the forgotten…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":502,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/episodes/the-guadalajara-cartographer-domingo-l-zaro-and-the-first-map-of-new-spain/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-conquistadors-exploration-greed-and-destruction-fexingo-history-7864470/the-guadalajara-cartographer-domingo-l-zaro-and-the-first-map-of-new-spain.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}