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Spanish Conquerors (Perdo de Alvarado:
Pedro de Alvarado was known by…
Spanish Conquerors
Perdo de Alvarado:
- Pedro de Alvarado was 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.
- Alvarado was Cortés' most trusted lieutenant, and the one Cortés trusted to explore and conquer lands to the south of Mexico with.
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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 set off with Gonzalo Pizarro and more than 200 Spanish conquistadors in search of the legendary city of El Dorado in 1541.
- Pizarro returned to Quito, but Orellana kept heading east, discovering the Amazon River and making his way to the Atlantic Ocean.
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Pánfilo de Narvaez:
- He made a name for himself by ruthlessly participating in the conquest of Cuba.
- His last shot was as leader of an expedition to the north.
- 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.
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Diego de Almagro:
- He was a partner with Francisco Pizarro when Pizarro looted the wealthy Inca Empire
- Returning to Peru, he went to war with Pizarro, lost, and was executed.
- His quarrels with Pizarro led to his leading an expedition south, where he discovered present-day Chile but found little more than harsh deserts and mountains.
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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 for the legendary El Dorado. While in the jungle, Aguirre went mad and began murdering his companions.
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Gonzalo de Sandoval:
- He was barely 22 when he joined the expedition.
- After the conquest, Sandoval was richly rewarded with lands and gold but died young of an illness.
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Francisco Pizarro:
- He captured Atahualpa, emperor of the Inca.
- Pizarro made himself master of Peru by 1533.
- Pizarro was killed by the son of a former rival in 1541.
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Vasco Nunez 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.
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Hernán Cortés:
- 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 able to conquer the mighty Aztecs, securing a vast fortune and noble title for himself.
- He inspired thousands of Spaniards to swarm to the New World to try and emulate him.
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Gonzalo Pizarro:
- By 1542, Gonzalo was the last of the Pizarro brothers in Peru.
- Gonzalo led a bloody two-year revolt against Spanish authority before being captured and executed.
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