In Europe, people soon realized that Columbus had stumbled across new lands they called the Americas. Rumours spread that they were rich in gold, and Spanish soldiers began heading there in search of their fortunes. The soldiers were known as conquistadors, from the Spanish for 'conqueror', because they were more interested in conquering new lands than exploring them.
[Unlike Europeans, the native peoples of the Americas didn't use gold as money. Instead, they valued it for its beauty.]
[The conquistadors were among the first Europeans to try the tasty things that until then were only grown in South America - from pineapples, tomatoes and potatoes to chocolate.]
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