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The fact that the textbook decided to expound on the details of Pizarro and Peru that were happening around the same period of time rather than the accounts of Cabeza de Vaca proves the necessity of primary sources and the advantage they have in further understanding the past. During the 1930s, Cabeza documented his journey across the American Southwest. In his documentation, he describes the environments and lifestyles of the many Natives he came across to. These Natives aided Cabeza and his companions in throughout their expedition with food in exchange for their skills in treating the sick. For the most part, it is understood that he and his friends were treated really well by the Indians stating that the women of one of the tribes “…brought many mats, with which they built us houses, one for each of us and those attached to him.” It was interesting to know how the explorer’s group would continue to grow as the journey continued. Cabeza and his companions met up with people who would “tender all they possessed” and immediately follow them after being “depraved of their belongings.” As the traveling became gruesome with lack of food and rugged mountains, only the strong continued to guide. It was at this point when Cabeza had reached a landmark in his expedition; his fellow traveler Castillo “had found permanent houses, inhabited, the people of which ate beans and squashes, and that he had also seen maize.” After settling on a stable land with permanent homes and crops, Cabeza shifted his focus in searching for Christians which successfully did so. This entire story highlights the unique elements behind the the many explorations to the New World. Cabeza’s expedition contributed to the Spanish Conquest and encouraged other Spanish explorers to embark on a search for

Hernan Cortes defied orders to have the Spanish base at Veracruz and moved near Tenochtitlán where there was rumored to be gold and other riches in Mexico. Soon after his arrival he became allies with the Tlaxcalteca a major enemy of the Aztecs. King Montezuma II heard of this alliance and sent gifts to Cortes to appease him and he even invited him into the Incan capital Tenochtitlán. Cortes upon arrival saw that he had been outnumber so instead he held Montezuma hostage and in the altercation Montezuma ended up getting killed. Over the next couple year he and his men fired siege weapons on the Aztecs until they surrendered. The siege cut off the water and food supplies which lead to a huge panic for the Aztecs. Another key role was smallpox, many of the Aztecs died off which weakened their military causing them to surrendering.Once they surrendered the Spanish went in and took control over the city and like many other places the conquistadors married the Native women having mestizos and combined their two cultures

1519: a Spanish armada of five ships set sail that would soon be the first to circumnavigate the globe. Their captain, a Portuguese noble, was an accomplished student of cartography and astronomy. Europe’s cravings for spices sent Columbus to Asia, and into the barrier that was the Americas. Magellan’s expedition sought to find a way through, on a mission to bring a new trade route and immense wealth to Spain. Through the crew’s starvation, two mutinies against him, and his harsh personality and lack of accomplishment, Magellan proved his life was not worth saving.

Two of the most influential explorers in the 1500s are Francisco Pizarro and Hernán Cortés. Both were great conquistadors from Spain and were some of the first people to explore certain areas in the “new world.” After exploring the new land that they had each found, they decided to claim it for Spain, but first they had to deal with the hostile natives that already controlled the land.

In the year 1521 he sailed down to Peru, and landed at Tumbes. On November 15, 1532 he arrived at the Inca Town of Cajamarca where Atahuallpa, the last Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire before the Spanish conquest was luxuriating in the hot springs

His desire to travel west was the push of competition with Portugal and the ottomans to find a quicker route to the Asian market. Upon his arrival he finds a very different people who he thinks of as lesser people. He outlined a vision of their conversion and use as laborers. The native Americas are lowered from their normal status to that of children and fools. The Spanish empire sends conquistadors to take control of these new lands for Spanish control. Cortés and Pizarro are sent and effectively wipe out Aztec and Incan cultures and empires, although disease such as small pox most likely killed more Americans than actual Spanish soldiers. In the place of these empires viceroys are set up, and Spanish culture is forced upon the natives. Natives are forced to convert to Christianity and put in labor programs. All theses changes ,however, took place over decades and not

a soldier, and a conquistador, Francisco Pizarro was born in the year of 1474 in Trujillo, Spain. As a soldier, he went on the big, important trip of Vasco Nunez de Balboa in 1513. When he went there, he discovered the Pacific Ocean. Since he wanted to make his own discoveries and his own fortune, Pizarro found a partner named Diego de Almagro. They decided to go to Peru in 1526 and then came back to see if they can claim Spain as theirs. In 1531, their big, important trip (which had Pizarro's three half-brothers) sailed from Panama. The next fall Pizarro went to Cajamarca and took Atahualpa (Inca Leader) hostage. Even though they had paid a ransom to spare his life, Atahualpa was

Conquistador is a term that defines the soldiers and explorers of the New World. There are many conquistadors before the discovery of the New World. However, the most important and unforgettable conquistador was born between sometime in the 1470s. Francisco Pizarro, Gonzalez, is the Spanish conquistador who was the leader of the expedition of the Inca Empire. And behind this expedition, there is a long story that defines a man and events that prove facts. So, who is Francisco Pizarro? According to the facts, Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Spain. His date of birth is unknown, but some say that it is sometimes in the 1470s, perhaps 1474. He was the illegitimate son of infantry Colonel Gonzalo Pizarro, who was

Cortés, then one of Velazquez's favourites, was named as the commander, a choice which created no little envy. Cortés entered into the enterprise with zeal and energy, sacrificing with too much ostentation a considerable part of his fortune to equip the expedition. Eleven vessels were brought together, manned with well-armed men, and horses and artillery were embarked. At the last moment Velazquez, whose suspicions were aroused by the action of Cortés, instigated by his surroundings, attempted to prevent the departure. It was too late; Cortés, after the example set by Quintero, slipped away from the Cuban coast and thus began the conquest of Mexico. His life from the time he sailed on his momentous undertaking in 1519 is so intimately linked with the history of Mexico, that the reader may be referred for additional details to the articles MEXICO, AZTECS, and PEDRO DE ALVARADO.

On Aug. 3, 1492, Columbus sailed from Palos, Spain, with three small ships, the Santa María, commanded by Columbus himself, the Pinta under Martín Pinzon, and the Nina under Vicente Yanez Pinzon. After stopping at the Canary Islands, he sailed due west from Sept. 6 until Oct. 7, when he changed his course to the southwest. On Oct. 10 a small rebellion was quelled, and on Oct. 12 he landed on a small island in the Bahamas. He took possessions for Spain and brought natives aboard, discovered other

Conquistador is a term that defines the soldiers and explorers of the New World. There were many conquistadors before the discovery of the New World. However, the most important and unforgettable conquistador was born sometime in the 1470s. Francisco Pizarro Gonzalez, was the Spanish conquistador who was the leader of the expedition of the Inca Empire. And behind this expedition, there is a long story that defines a man and events that prove facts. So, who is Francisco Pizarro? According to the facts, Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Spain. His date of birth is unknown, but some say that it is some time in the 1470s, perhaps 1474. He was the illegitimate son of infantry Colonel Gonzalo Pizarro, who was serving in Navarre and the Italian campaigns and his mother was Francisca Gonzalez, who was a poor woman and she married late and had a son who is Francisco Martin de Alcantara (The Most Evil Men In History - Francisco Pizarro,2012).

In 1510, inspired by tales of the New World, Francisco Pizarro joined Alonzo de Ojeda on an unsuccessful voyage to Columbia. Undaunted, in 1513, he accompanied Balboa on his march across the Isthmus of Panama. This venture was successful in its discovery of Pacific Ocean. A year later, Pedrarias Davila succeeded to Balboa as governor of Castilla de Oro. Pizarro became a

Pizarro sailed to the new world on November 10, 1509. He was part of many expeditions in the new world including one with Balboa. Pizarro fought against many hostile tribes in Panama and when news of Hernando Cortez’ success in Mexico reached Pizarro, he set off to South America in hope of gold.

In 1511, Hernan Cortes first served as a soldier on an expedition to Cuba. He then helped establish a town in Cuba called ‘Bayamo’. This was one of his first main impacts on the Americas that is still felt today. After 7 years Diego Valasquez named Cortes Captain of an expedition to Mexico, but they had an argument and Valasquez revoked Cortes’ status. Cortes’ ignored orders and traveled to Mexico anyways with about 500 men and 11 ships. His focus was to overthrow the Aztec ruler Montezuma II in the Aztec capital ‘Tenicotillan’. Then in July 1519

Word spread of Columbus’s travels east and the people were astonished. Out of the excitement it leads to more expeditions to South and North America. In 1502, the Spanish explorer, Nicolás de Ovando arrives to institute a more permanent outpost. He shows up with men upwards to 2,500 men. On one of the ships that sailed with them was a man named Bartolomé de las Casas. Bartolomé was also later known as ‘protector of Indians’. Nicolás and Bartolomé landed in Hispaniola. This was later a major starting point for “Spanish conquistadores, often accompanied by religious