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Conquerors. (Panfilo de Narvaez (He was born in Valladolid., He made a…
Conquerors.
Panfilo de Narvaez
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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.
Next, 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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It turned out to be present-day Florida, full of swamps, thick forests, and tough-as-nails natives who didn't appreciate visitors.
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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Diego de Almagro.
He was born in 1475, Almagro, Castile [Spain]
He died in 1538, Cuzco, Peru
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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 (although he showed up in time for the fighting).
Later, 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 and the toughest natives this side of Florida.
Returning to Peru, he went to war with Pizarro, lost, and was executed.
Gonzalo de Sandoval
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There was none he trusted more than Gonzalo de Sandoval, who was barely 22 when he joined the expedition.
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.
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Pedro de Alvarado.
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.
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.
He was born in 1485, Badajoz, Castile [Spain]
He died in 1541, in or near Guadalajara, New Spain [now in Mexico])
Lope de Aguirre.
He was born in 1518, Oñate, Spain
He died in Oct. 27, 1561, El Tocuyo, Viceroyalty of Peru [now in Venezuela].
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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.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
He was born in 1475, Jerez de los Caballeros, or Badajoz, Extremadura province, Castile
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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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He died in January 12, 1519, Acla, near Darién, Panama)
Francisco de Orellana
He was born in 1490, Trujillo, Extremadura, Castile [Spain]
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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.
Pizarro returned to Quito, but 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.
He died in 1546, Amazon River)
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.
So 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.
He was born in 1502, Trujillo, Spain
He died April 10, 1548, Cuzco, Peru
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Hernan Cortes.
Hernan Cortes was born in Medellín, Spain in 1485. He came from a fairly famous family and his father was a captain in the Spanish army.
Cortes heard of Christopher Columbus' discoveries in the new world. He wanted to travel and see new lands. He also wanted to make his fortune and fame.
In 1518, Cortes was put in charge of an expedition to the mainland of Mexico. This was something that he had wanted to do for many years.
Later in life Cortes fell out of favor with the King of Spain. He was forced to return to Spain to defend himself. In 1541, he participated in an unsuccessful expedition to Algiers where he nearly drowned when his ship was sunk. He died on December 2, 1547 in Spain.
Francisco Pizarro.
Francisco Pizarro grew up in Trujillo, Spain.
Growing up was tough for Francisco. He was raised by his grandparents because his parents never got married. He worked as a pig herder for many years.
He was the second cousin once removed of Hernan Cortez, the conquistador who conquered the Aztecs in Mexico.
When Pizarro captured the Inca Emperor his small force of less than 200 men managed to kill over 2,000 Inca and take 5,000 more as prisoners. He had the advantage of guns, cannons, horses, and iron weapons.
He had Almagro killed. However, on June 26, 1541 some of Almagro's supporters led by his son stormed Pizarro's home in Lima and assassinated him.