Spanish Conquerors
Pedro de Alvarado
Lope de Aguirre
Hernan Cortes
Diego de Almagro
Gonzalo de Sandoval
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Francisco de Orellana
Francisco Pizarro
Panfilo de Narvaez
Gonzalo Pizarro
APA
+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
+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
+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
+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
+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
+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
+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
+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
+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
+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
