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Spanish Conquerors
Vasco Ñunez de Balboa 
In 1509, Balboa escapes his creditors by stowing away on a voyage to Colombia.
1514, Balboa returns to Santa María and announces his discoveries.
1511, Balboa becomes the governor of Darién.
In 1513,Balboa sails for the narrowest part of the isthmus.
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Gonzalo de Sandoval
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Fransisco de orellana
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Orellana managed to sail the length of the Amazon, arriving at the river's mouth on 24 August 1542.
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Hernàn Cortès
- He followed the route of grijalva and landed in Veracruz in 1519 and founded the Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz.
2.He established his base of operations to create alliances.
- He entered to Tenochtitlàn in November 8, 1519 where he was generously received by Moctezuma .
- Cortès took Moctezuma as a prisoner .
- Cortès send groups to oaxaca and Panuco.
Fransisco Pizarro
- He conquered the Inca empire.
- He helped Vasco Ñunez de Balboa to discover the Pacific Ocean.
- He work as a poor farmer .
- He was assesinated in June 26, 1541 in Peru.
Pedro de Alvarado
- He participated in the conquest of Cuba.
- Pedro de Alvarado arrived at Santo Domingo, on Hispaniola where he met Hernan Cortes who was serving as a public scribe.
- 1523 Alvarado had conquered the Quiché and Cakchiquel of Guatemala.
4.During the expedition, Alvarado disobeyed Juan de Grijalva, the overall commander of the expedition which greatly angered him. As a punishment , he was sent back to cuba to relay the news.Apa: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/pedro-de-alvarado-6607.php
Lope de Aguirre
1.He arrived in Peru and took part in the Spanish suppression of Indian rebellions and in the wars that continually broke out between the Spanish conquerors.
- Aguirre incited a rebellion in which Ursúa was killed.
3.He joined an expedition led by Pedro de Ursúa to find the legendary kingdom of Eldorado, which was thought to be located at the headwaters of the Amazon River.
- He died on July 4, 1541 in guadalajara .
Apa: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lope-de-Aguirre
Pánfilo de Narvaez
- He took all his men and went on to conquer the Aztec Empire.
- He joined the expedition to Cuba lead by Diego Velazquez de Cuellar.
- He was defeated by Cortes and he was captured and imprisoned in Vera Cruz.
- He leaves spain from Cadiz with 300 men.
- He was tortured in order to force him to reveal the location of the 'treasure' and his nose was cut off .
Apa: http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/panfilo-de-narvaez.htm
Diego de Almagro
- He arrived in South America in 1524 and, with his intimate friend Francisco Pizarro, led the expedition that conquered the Inca empire in what is now Peru.
- He defeated one Pizarrist army at the Abancay River but was then defeated and captured by Hernando Pizarro at the battle of Las Salinas near Cuzco.
- Almagro joined him at Cajamarca early in 1533 shortly before the Spaniards executed Sapa Inca Atahualpa.
- Almagro was delayed several months but then followed the present Colombian coast to a point near modern Buenaventura. Unable to locate Pizarro, he returned to the Isthmus to find him already there.
Apa: https://biography.yourdictionary.com/diego-de-almagro