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SPANISH QONQUERORS (Pedro de Alvarado (, Conquistador of the Maya,…
SPANISH QONQUERORS
Pedro de Alvarado
, Conquistador of the Maya
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Lope de Aguirre
He already had a reputation for being violent and unstable in 1559, when he joined an expedition to search the jungles of South America
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Hernan Cortes
, Conquistador of the Aztec Empire
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By deftly exploiting traditional feuds and rivalries among the tribes that made up the Empire,
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro took a page from Cortes' book, capturing Atahualpa
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Pánfilo 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.
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Diego de Almagro
Almagro was in Panama at the time and missed out on the best treasure (although he showed up in time for the fighting)
he went to war with Pizarro, lost, and was executed.
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Vasco Nuñez de Balboa (1475-1519) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer of the early colonial era.
Francisco de Orellana
Pizarro returned to Quito, but Orellana kept heading east, discovering the Amazon River and making his way to the Atlantic Ocean
Gonzalo Pizarro and more than 200 Spanish conquistadors in search of the legendary city of El Dorado in 1541
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Gonzalo de Sandoval
After the victory over Narváez returned to Mexico with Cortes and saved in the withdrawal of the Noche Triste, where he ed the vanguard
At the end of the conquest of Mexico, Sandoval made the dominance of Tuxtepec, where he founded Medellín in 1521 and the port of Coatzacoalcos
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Gonzalo Pizarro
Gonzalo took a decisive performance in the course of the battle of Salinas, in 1538
Gonzalo entered triumphant in the city of Cajamarca to intervene after the capture and execution of Atahualpa in 1533
By 1542, Gonzalo was the last of the Pizarro brothers in Peru.
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