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SPANISH CONQUERORS (Spanish Conquerors pt. 3 (Francisco de Orellana
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SPANISH CONQUERORS
Spanish Conquerors pt. 2
Panfilo de Narvaez
He made a name for himself in Cuba, the he was sent to Mexico and went to an expedition to the north (now Florida) and died. Only 4 men out of 300 survived.
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Diego de Almagro
He accompained Francisco Pizarro in the Incas' conquest and then he discovered what is now Chile. He returned to Peru and was executed.
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Lope de Aguirre
He carry on his expedition to south America in the look for "El dorado" in 1559, but he got mad and killed his compagnions.
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Spanish Conquerors pt. 1
Francisco Pizarro
He became the emperor of the Inca in 1532 by capturing Atahualpa. He soon possessed the gold and silver of the region because of an agreement with Atahualapa.
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Pedro de Alvarado
Known by the natives as "Tonatiuh," or "Sun God" for his blonde hair, Alvarado was Cortés' most trusted lieutenant. He found the remnant of the Mayan empire and soon turned it to his advantage.
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Hernan Cortes
After and expeditions in Cuba, he arrived to Mexico in 1519. He defeated the Aztec Empire in 1521 by exploiting traditional feuds and rivalries among the tribes that made up the Empire.
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Spanish Conquerors pt. 3
Francisco de Orellana
He fought in the Inca conquest, the he accopmained Gonzalo Pizarro in search of "EL Dorado" in 1541. He then started a journey discovering the Amazon river.
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Gonzalo de Sandoval
Was the most trusted subordinate to Hernan Cortes during the conquest.After the conquest, Sandoval was richly rewarded with lands and gold but died young of an illness.
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
He is credited with leading the first European expedition to discover the Pacific Ocean (which he referred to as the "South Sea"). He was an able administrator and popular leader who cultivated strong ties with local tribes.
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Gonzalo Pizarro
By 1542, when the Spanish crown passed the famously unpopular "New Laws" restricting conquistador privileges, the other conquistadors turned to Gonzalo,
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Mexican Conquest
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, also known as the Spanish–Mexican War (1519–21), was one of the primary events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. It was not solely a contest between a small contingent of Spaniards defeating the Aztec Empire but rather the creation of a coalition of Spanish invaders with tributaries to the Aztecs, and most especially the Aztecs' indigenous enemies and rivals.
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