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Spanish Conquistadors
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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 in present-day Mexico.
He was recieve by the Aztecs, the Aztecs think they were gods, then he made aliances with the enemies of the Aztecs, that were mostly de tlaxcalans
Francisco Pizarro
He captured 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
Pizarro made himself master of Peru by 1533. The natives rebelled on several occasions, but Pizarro and his brothers always managed to put these insurrections down.
Lope de Aguirre
Lope de Aguirre was crazier than most. He already had a reputation for being violent and unstable in 1559, when he joined an expedition to search the jungles of South America for the legendary El Dorado. While in the jungle, Aguirre went mad and began murdering his companions
Francisco de Orellana
Francisco de Orellana was one of the lucky ones who got in early on Pizarro's conquest of the Inca. Although he was richly rewarded, he still wanted more loot, so he set off with Gonzalo Pizarro and more than 200 Spanish conquistadors in search of the legendary city of El Dorado in 1541.
Orellana kept heading east, discovering the Amazon River and making his way to the Atlantic Ocean: an epic journey of thousands of miles that took months to complete.
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 but found little more than harsh deserts. Returning to Peru, he went to war with Pizarro, lost, and was executed.
Gonzalo de Sandoval
Hernan Cortes had many subordinates in his epic conquest of the mighty Aztec Empire. There was none he trusted more than Gonzalo de Sandoval, who was barely 22 when he joined the expedition.
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.
Pedro Alvarado
Known by the natives as "Tonatiuh," or "Sun God" for his blonde hair, Alvarado was Cortés' most trusted lieutenant, and the one Cortés trusted to explore and conquer lands to the south of Mexico
Alvarado found the remnants of the Maya Empire and using what he had learned from Cortés, soon turned local ethnic groups' mistrust of one another to his advantage.
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.
He was sent to Mexico to rein in the ambitions Hernán Cortés: Cortés not only beat him in battle but took all of his men and went on to conquer the Aztec Empire
His expedition was a disaster of colossal proportions: only four out of 300 men survived, and he was not among them. He was last seen floating off on a raft in 1528.
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa 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 with local tribes.
Gonzalo Pizarro
By 1542, Gonzalo was the last of the Pizarro brothers in Peru. Juan and Francisco were dead, and Hernando was in prison in Spain.
When the Spanish crown passed the famously unpopular "New Laws" restricting conquistador privileges, the other conquistadors turned to Gonzalo, who led a bloody two-year revolt against Spanish authority before being captured and executed.
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10 Notable Spanish Conquistadors Throughout History. (SF) Sitio web:
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-conquistadors-2136575
