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Conquerors (Hernán Cortés (Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who…
Conquerors
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador who explored Central America, overthrew Montezuma and his vast Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.
In 1504, Cortés left Spain to seek his fortune in New World. After fending off the Spanish forces, Cortés returned to Tenochtitlán to find a rebellion in progress, during which Montezuma was killed.
Fransisco Pizarro
Spanish military who on some occasions, with scarce resources and adequate doses of boldness and sagacity, managed to take over immense territories took control of the rich and powerful Inca Empire.
Pedro Alvarado
Spanish conqueror. After having participated in the final occupation of Cuba, he joined the Hernán Cortés expedition to Mexico. On November 8, 1519, both conquerors entered Tenochtitlan, where they were received by the Aztec king Moctezuma Xocoyotzin, who housed them in one of the city's palaces.
Lope de Aguirre
Lope de Aguirre passed to Peru shortly after his discovery, around 1536, and participated in the conquest and colonization of several places, but above all he was involved in the struggles between the Spanish colonizers: first in the civil wars between Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro
Pánfilo Narvaez
Spanish conqueror. He took part in the conquest of Cuba (1512) under Velázquez. Later he was sent by him to Mexico to subdue Cortes, who attacked him in Cempoala, made him a prisoner (1520) and kept him imprisoned for three years.
Diego de Almagro
Spanish conqueror, discoverer of Chile. Diego de Almagro's origins are uncertain. It seems that he was the illegitimate son of Juan de Montenegro and Elvira Gutiérréz, which is why he adopted the name of his hometown as a surname.
Vasco Nuñez Balboa
Born in 1475 at Spain, First European sighting of the Pacific Ocean and colonial governance in what is now Panama, was the gobernador of the Darien, and was a Spanish conquistador, is known for being the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean on September 25, 1513 and the first European to found a permanent city on American continental lands.
Fransisco de Orellana
Spanish explorer, conqueror and foreman at the time of the Spanish colonization of America. He participated in the conquest of the Inca Empire and, subsequently, was appointed governor in various towns.
Gonzalo Sandoval
Since 1519 he participated in the conquest of Mexico, along with Cortés, who remained loyal. He carried out various expeditions to Tuxtepec, where he founded Medellín and the port of Espirito Santo, and the Pacific (1523). He directed the government of New Spain with Alonso de Aguilar, until his return to Spain (1527).
Gonzalo Pizarro
He was the younger brother of Francisco Pizarro, whom he accompanied on his expedition to the Inca Empire in 1531. When the conquest of Peru was completed, he was appointed governor of Quito in 1539.
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