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10 spanish conquerors (Hernan Cortes (In 1519, the ambitious Hernán Cortés…
10 spanish conquerors
Hernan Cortes
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.
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Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro took a page from Cortes' book, capturing Atahualpa, Emperor of the Inca, in 1532.
Pizarro made himself master of Peru by 1533. The natives rebelled on several occasions, but Pizarro and his brothers always managed to put these insurrections down.
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Pedro de Alvarado
Known by the natives as "Tonatiuh," or "Sun God" for his blonde hair
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Pánfilo de Narvaez
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His expedition was a disaster of colossal proportions: only four out of 300 men survived, and he was not among them.
Diego de almagro
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
Returning to Peru, he went to war with Pizarro, lost, and was executed.
he discovered present-day Chile but found little more than harsh deserts and mountains and the toughest natives this side of Florida.
Vazco Nunez de Balboa
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa (1475-1519) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer of the early colonial era.
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Francisco de Orellana
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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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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.
After the conquest, Sandoval was richly rewarded with lands and gold but died young of an illness.
Gonzalo Pizarro
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By 1542, Gonzalo was the last of the Pizarro brothers in Peru.
So when the Spanish crown passed the famously unpopular "New Laws" restricting conquistador privileges.