The century of great geographical discoveries and brave conquerors of the seas. Pioneers of the New World: adventurers seeking fame and fortune, scientific explorers of uncharted lands, humble colonial farmers. All of them - both those whose names history has conveyed to this day, and those who will remain unknown to anyone - are the heroes of the novel by the unsurpassed classic of Spanish literature Vicente Blasco Ibáñez “Conquistador”, first published in Russian. In 1493, the desperate knight Alonso de Ojeda goes to the New World with Columbus's second expedition. Many dangerous adventures await Don Alonso and his friends: Francisco Pizarro, Hernan Cortes, Amerigo Vespucci. Alonso de Ojeda was the first to explore the coast of Colombia and give the name to Venezuela that he discovered. The fortress of San Sebastian will be built on the shores of the Gulf of Darien, and this will be the beginning of the Spanish colonization of South America. But will he find what he dreamed of and what he devoted his whole life to?