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Spanish Conquerors (Hernán Cortés, Conquistador of the Aztec Empire (He…
Spanish Conquerors
Hernán Cortés, Conquistador of the Aztec Empire
He soon came into contact with the mighty Aztec Empire, home to millions of citizens and thousands of warriors.
In 1519, he set out from Cuba with 600 men on an expedition to the mainland in present-day Mexico.
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Francisco Pizarro, Lord of Peru
The natives rebelled on several occasions, but Pizarro and his brothers always managed to put these insurrections down.
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Playing off Inca factions against one another, Pizarro made himself master of Peru by 1533.
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Pedro de Alvarado, Conquistador of the Maya
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.
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Lope de Aguirre, Madman of El Dorado
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In 1559, when he joined an expedition to search the jungles of South America for the legendary El Dorado.
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Panfilo de Narvaez, The Unluckiest Conquistador
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.
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.
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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Diego de Almagro, Explorer of Chile
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.
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Francisco de Orellana
He was richly rewarded, he still wanted more loot, he set off with Gonzalo Pizarro and more than 200 Spanish conquistadors in search of the legendary city of El Dorado in 1541.
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izarro returned to Quito, but Orellana kept heading east, discovering the Amazon River and making his way to the Atlantic Ocean
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Gonzalo de Sandoval, the Dependable Lieutenant
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Hernan Cortes had many subordinates, There was none he trusted more than Gonzalo de Sandoval.
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Discoverer of the Pacific
He is credited with leading the first European expedition to discover the Pacific Ocean (which he referred to as the "South Sea").
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Gonzalo Pizarro, Rebel in the Mountains
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