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Francisco Pizarro

Francisco Pizarro was one of the many conquistadors who explored the then New World. It was also known as the Americas. Pizarro mainly conquered the South America area where Peru now stands. He is best known for overthrowing the Inca king Atahualpa and establishing the capital Lima in Peru. Pizarro was born an illegitimate child of Gonzalo Pizarro, who was a spanish captain who did several campaigns in Italy. When Pizarro was a boy he was intrigued of stories of the New World, he gained a quick interest in exploring. So he joined Vasco Núñez De Balboa on an expedition to the Americas. On this expedition they discovered the Pacific Ocean. Of course the Pacific Ocean was already found by early settlers but this was probably the first time someone had actually documented the findings of this huge mass of water. Francisco Pizarro also had threes brothers who accompanied him on his road to conquering Peru for Spain. He also had a partnership with Diego de Almagro, which went bitter after a few years of adventuring. …show more content…

Francisco wanted to explore so on 1513 he followed his dreams and pursued it with Vasco Nunez de Balboa, where they found the Pacific Ocean and Pizarro became mayor of Panama city. This expedition was the kickstarter for Pizarro’s future, he rose in power and was able to explore the New World for Spain with Diego Almagro. 1524 marked the day the two conquistadors teamed up to explore Peru. They went as far as the San Juan River. They also went down south past the equator and brought back word of the the land to Spain. “In 1528, Pizarro went back to Spain to procure a commission from Emperor Charles the fifth” (Biography.com). This allowed Pizarro to conquer the southern territory he explored with Almagro to create a Spanish province. This province is now known as

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