The conquistadores, as the Spanish adventurers were called, had a twofold objective: the acquisition of new land and riches and the conversion of the Maya to Catholicism in order to free them from barbaric pagan practices.
وكان لهؤلاء الغزاة هدف مزدوج :‏ حيازة ثروات وأراضٍ جديدة وهداية المايا الى الكثلكة بغية تحريرهم من الممارسات الوثنية الهمجية .‏