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Spanish Conquerors (Francisco Pizarro (Francisco Pizarro took a page from…
Spanish Conquerors
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro took a page from Cortes' book, capturing Atahualpa, Emperor of the Inca, in 1532.
Atahualpa agreed to a ransom and soon all the gold and silver of the mighty Empire was flowing into Pizarro's possession.
Playing off Inca factions against one another, Pizarro made himself master of Peru by 1533.
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Hernan Cortes
In 1519, went to an expedition to the mainland in present-day Mexico.
He soon came into contact with the mighty Aztec Empire, home to millions of citizens and thousands of warriors.
By deftly exploiting traditional feuds and rivalries among, he was able to conquer the mighty Aztecs,
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Lope de Aguirre
In the jungle, Aguirre went mad and began murdering his companions.
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In 1559, when he joined an expedition to search the jungles of South America for the legendary El Dorado.
They left their homes in Spain to spend months on board a rickety ship to the New World,
Diego de Almagro
He was a partner with Francisco Pizarro when Pizarro looted the wealthy Inca Empire, but Almagro was in Panama at the time and missed out on the best treasure
his quarrels with Pizarro led to his leading an expedition south, where he discovered present-day Chile
He found little more than harsh deserts and mountains and the toughest natives this side of Florida.
Returning to Peru, he went to war with Pizarro, lost, and was executed.
Pedro de Alvarado
Alvarado was Cortés' most trusted lieutenant, and the one Cortés trusted to explore and conquer lands to the south of Mexico.
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Known by the natives as "Tonatiuh," or "Sun God" for his blonde hair,
All of the conquistadors who came to the New World were ruthless, tough, ambitious, and cruel, but Pedro de Alvarado was in a class by himself.
Panfilo de Narvaez
He made a name for himself by ruthlessly participating in the conquest of Cuba, but there was little gold or glory to be had in the Caribbean.
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His expedition was a disaster of colossal proportions: only four out of 300 men survived, and he was not among them.
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Gonzalo de Sandoval
Time and again, when Cortes was in a pinch, he turned to Sandoval.
After the conquest, Sandoval was richly rewarded with lands and gold but died young of an illness.
Hernan Cortes had many subordinates in his epic conquest of the mighty Aztec Empire. There was none he trusted more than Gonzalo
Francisco de Orellana
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Pizarro returned to Quito, but Orellana kept heading east, discovering the Amazon River
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Gonzalo Pizarro
By 1542, Gonzalo was the last of the Pizarro brothers in Peru
When the Spanish crown passed the famously unpopular "New Laws" the other conquistadors turned to Gonzalo
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APA Sources
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Carbajal, E., Reyes, A. and Avitia A. (2017). History of Mexico. Mexico:Larousse