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Spanish Conquerors (Pedro de Alvarado (+Pedro de Alvarado was in a class…
Spanish Conquerors
Pedro de Alvarado
+Pedro de Alvarado was in a class by himself
+Known by the natives as "Tonatiuh," or "Sun God" for his blonde hair
+Alvarado found the remnants of the Maya Empire and using what he had learned from Cortés
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Lope de Aguirre
+He already had a reputation for being violent and unstable in 1559
+In the jungle, Aguirre went mad and began murdering his companions
+Lope de Aguirre was crazier than most
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Hernan Cortes
+In 1519, the ambitious Hernán Cortés set out from Cuba with 600 men on an expedition to the mainland Mexico
+He was able to conquer the mighty Aztecs, securing a vast fortune and noble title for himself
+He also inspired thousands of Spaniards to swarm to the New World to try and emulate him
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Diego de Almagro
+He was a partner with Francisco Pizarro when Pizarro looted the wealthy Inca Empire
+His quarrels with Pizarro led to his leading an expedition south, where he discovered present-day Chile
+He went to war with Pizarro, lost, and was executed
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Gonzalo de Sandoval
+Gonzalo de Sandoval, who was barely 22 when he joined the expedition
+When Cortes was in a pinch, he turned to Sandoval
+Sandoval was richly rewarded with lands and gold but died young of an illness
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
+Vasco Nuñez de Balboa (1475-1519) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer of the early colonial era
+He is credited with leading the first European expedition to discover the Pacific Ocean
+He was an able administrator and popular leader who cultivated strong ties
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Francisco de Orellana
+Francisco de Orellana was one of the lucky ones who got in early on Pizarro's conquest of the Inca
+He was richly rewarded, he still wanted more loot
+Orellana kept heading east, discovering the Amazon River and making his way to the Atlantic Ocean
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Francisco Pizarro
+Francisco Pizarro took a page from Cortes' book, capturing Atahualpa, Emperor of the Inca, in 1532
+Playing off Inca factions against one another, Pizarro made himself master of Peru by 1533
+Pizarro was killed by the son of a former rival in 1541
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Panfilo de Narvaez
+He made a name for himself by ruthlessly participating in the conquest of Cuba
+He was sent to Mexico to rein in the ambitions Hernán Cortés
+He was last seen floating off on a raft in 1528
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Gonzalo Pizarro
+By 1542, Gonzalo was the last of the Pizarro brothers in Peru
+The other conquistadors turned to Gonzalo
+Led a bloody two-year revolt against Spanish authority
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