The pages focus on the conquest of Mexico and Peru and the creation of Spain"s Empire in Latin America.In the 15th century, Europeans began to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of new routes to China and the East.Hernán Cortés (1485- 1547) was responsible, almost single-handedly, for the Spanish conquest of Central America.Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador who was responsible for defeating the Inca Empire