Spanish Conquistadors
Pedro Alvarado
Panfilo de Narvaez
Lope de Aguirre
Hernán Cortés
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco de Orellana
Gonzalo Pizarro
Gonzalo de Sandoval
Diego de Almagro
Vasco Nunez de Valvoa
Cortés was also interested in converting natives to Christianity
In 1519, Cortés' ships reached the Mexican coast at Yucatan.
In 1504, at age 19, Cortés set sail for the New World.
He studied law at the University of Salamanca when he was just 14 years old.
Was the only son of noble, though not wealthy, parents.
He was born in 1485 in Medellín, Spain
At Tabasco, Cortés was met with resistance from natives
Cortés set out from Cuba with 600 men on an expedition to the mainland in present-day Mexico
Was born on 1475 on Trujillo, Extremadura, Castile from Spain and died on June 26, 1541, Lima now Peru.
Was the illegitimate son of Captain Gonzalo Pizarro and Francisca González
He lived too much of his early life with his grandparents
He doubtless participated in local manorial wars and fought in Italy
The arrigvon November 15, Pizarro immediately set up his artillery
He captureed the emperor of the Incas "Atahualpa"
Atahualpa agreed to a ransom and all the gold and silver of the Incas was flowing into Pizarro's hands.
Pizarro was killed by the son of a former rival in 1541.
He led a force of conquistadors south into the Maya lands in 1524
The natives were fascinated by Alvarado's appearance and nicknamed him "Tonatiuh," which was the name of the Aztec Sun God.
On 1520, Cortés left Alvarado in charge in Tenochtitlan with about 160 Europeans.
He served for Cortes' Aztec campaign from 1519 to 1521
The only major conquistador to take part in the conquests of the Aztecs, Maya, and Inca.
Cortés gave a girl to Alvarado, his top lieutenant. She was promptly baptized, and she eventually bore three children to Alvarado, although they never formally married.
Was one of the most immportant lieutenants during the conquest of the Aztec Empire
Was born on 1485 and died on 1541
Was born between 1510 and 1515 in northern Spain on the border with France, in Basque province of Guipúzcoa.
Left his home in Spain to spend months on board a rickety ship to the New World.
Had to spend years in steamy jungles and frosty sierras
become embroiled in the many violent civil wars
he and his men declared themselves the new Kingdom of Peru
"Prince of Peru and Chile”
In the jungle, Aguirre went mad and murder his companions.
Is best known for his final expedition, the search for El Dorado
Narvaez was born in Valladolid, Spain in about 1478.
He took part in the Spanish conquest of Jamaica in 1509
One of his expeditions, after a terrible huricane, landed on the west coast of Florida, near Tampa Bay in April 1528, claiming the land for Spain
Narvaez remained a prisoner at Veracruz for approximately two years
He led a Spanish royal expedition to North America in 1527.
Narvaez disembarked at Veracruz, where Cortes had left behind a small garrison upon setting out with the rest of his men for the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan
He helped to conquer Cuba on 1511
He died on the end of 1528
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Returning to Peru, he went to war with Pizarro, lost, and was executed.
Almagro rushed back, get overed the insurection, and imprisoned Pizarro’s two brothers Hernando and Alonso for having refused to obey his orders during the fighting.
During his absence, Indians in Peru rebelled and besieged the Spanish fortress of Cuzco
In 1534 King Charles I of Spain, sent Almagro to assist in the conquest of what is now Chile
Almagro and Pizarro became joint captains general of those conquests, which the Spaniards called New Castile.
Francisco Pizarro, led the expedition that conquered the Inca empire in what is now Peru.
Almagro arrived in South America in 1524
He was born in 1475, Almagro, Castile on Spain and died in 1538, on Cuzco, Peru
Believed of nobleman father, but the family was not wealthy
Balboa decided to seek his fortune in the New World.
On 1500, he joined a Spanish expedition that explored the present-day Colombia,
Was an able administrator and popular leader who cultivated strong ties with local tribes.
Balboa was born in 1475 in Jerez de los Caballeros, a town in the impoverished Extremadura region of Spain
Balboa claimed the ocean and all of its shores for Spain, opening the conquest along South America.
n 1513, while leading an expedition in search of gold, he sighted the Pacific Ocean.
He helped establish the first stable settlement on the South American continent at Darién, on the coast of the Isthmus of Panama.
The Orellana expedition convinced itself that it had found the fabled Kingdom of the Amazons.
In 1540, Gonzalo began outfitting an expedition that would set out from Quito and head east in the hopes of locating El Dorado or any other rich native civilization.
Orellana kept heading east, discovering the Amazon River and making his way to the Atlantic Ocean
Sometime in late 1546, Orellana was scouting an area with some of his remaining men when they were attacked by natives.
Orellana came to the New World while still a young man and met with Pizarro's 1832 expedition to Peru
Had a close relationship with Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro.
Orellana is best remembered today as an explorer, but that was never his goal.
Francisco de Orellana was born in Extremadura sometime around 1511
After the conquest, Sandoval was richly rewarded with lands and gold but died young of an illness.
When Cortes was in a pinch, he turned to Sandoval.
Was barely 22 when he joined the expedition
Cortés there was none he trusted more than Gonzalo de Sandoval
The king of Spain had promulgated new laws restricting the privileges of the conquistadores and protecting the rights of the Indians.
Defeated and captured by de la Gasca on April 9 of that year, Pizarro was executed the following day.
Pizarro learned that his half brother Francisco had been assassinated in 1541 and that he had been ordered to dismiss his men.
By 1542, Gonzalo was the last of the Pizarro brothers in Peru
Soldier and Spanish conquistador, born in Trujillo in 1513