Francisco Pizzaro

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Francisco Pizzaro
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Conquest of the Inca's
Francisco Pizarro, serving as a minor Spanish
official on the Isthmus of Panama, had nothing to
show for years of toil and peril but a small
holding of land. Little more than a decade later,
he had conquered the fabulously wealthy empire of
the Incas and had bestowed on Spain the richest
of its American possessions. He also founded the
city of Lima, now the capital of Peru.
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Francisco's Childhood
Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Spain in 1478. His
parents never married and he was brought up by
his mother's parents. His father was the Royal
Infantry Captain of Spain, so he was an important
guy. During his childhood he never went to school
and thus never learned to read. After about 15
years of pig herding in 1502 he moved to the West
Indies. There he lived with his father's brother.
And it is said that maybe his father's brother
helped Pizarro on his expeditions.
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Expedition
In 1515, Pizarro was then sent with several other
expeditions to collect gold and treasures from
the natives in Veraguas and along the Pacific
coast. When Pedrarias move the capital to Panama,
he went along, and was in many battles with all
of the warlike tribes in Veraguas. In 1520, he
accompanied Espinosa when he went to do battle
with Urraca, the Cacique of the natives in
Veraguas and the colony of Natá.
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Major Achievments
Pizarro's first expedition was in 1509 and he was
the first mate. The expeditions purpose was to
explore the land that is now Panama. The crew
founded Panama City and Pizarro was an important
townsperson there. Then in 1527 he made his first
expedition on his own to find a rumored
civilization called the Incas. Pizarro's first
mate was a good friend, his name was Diego de
Almagro. They sailed down the coast of western
South America. There they went inland a little
ways and found evidence of the Incas and gold.
Then he returned to Panama with the news. The
whole expedition took one year.
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