Francisco Pizarro Francisco Pizarro, an ambitious Spanish explorer and conquistador, began his life journey with humble beginnings. Being an illegitimate and illiterate child, he grew up in the penurious town of Trujillo, Spain, where he herded his father’s pigs. Stories of the New World that spread throughout Spain captivated Pizarro; he wanted nothing other than to explore the New World himself with his eyes set on a wild adventure and lots of fortune. After accompanying other Spanish explorers
Part one Hernando (Fernando) de Soto was born in 1496, in Jerez de los Caballeros, in the Extremadura region of southwest Spain. He was the second son of Francisco Mendez de Soto and Leonor Arias Tinoco and liked adventure and exploration more than school. He was influenced by the achievements and adventures of Vasco Nunez de Balboa and Juan Ponce de Leon. He dreamed of getting rich at a young age. When he was 18, he left Jerez de los Caballeros to go to Seville. At Seville, he earned a fortune
The Conquest of the Inca Empire is one of the most known life changing events in South America. Many wonder why such a powerful civilization like the Incas broke down to a small numbered Spanish army. The Spanish, led by Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire with superior technology and war tactics, which may be the reason why most of Peru today now lives in poverty and the Inca culture, was destroyed. The Inca civilization flourished in the Andean part of South America in the early 15th century
Pizarro named the first colony Ciudad de los Reyes. We now know the city as Lima, the biggest city in Peru, housing a third of the Peruvian population. The location was previously inhabited by several American Indian groups, Amerindian for short. They were united under the Ychsma polity, which was conquered by the Inca Empire in the 15th century. As Pizarro was named governor of the lands he conquered, he chose the Rímac Valley
Compared to other Europeans the Spaniards weren’t all that different and yet the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a small army of one to two hundred that conquered the entire Inca empire with an army of nearly 80,000. A conquistador was someone who conquered land for Spain. Pizarro’s conquest of the Inca and the factors involved are frequently speculated over in history because of how remarkable this feat was during the fifteen-hundreds. One of these factors Infectious disease was a major
Hernando de Soto Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conqueror in the 1500s, one of the richest at the time. He was part of Francisco Pizarro’s expedition to Peru, during which he gained position and wealth. When he returned, de Soto was named governor of Cuba and married Isabel de Bobadilla. However, he was most noted for exploring the southeast United States to conquer and settle for Spain and for becoming the first European to discover and cross the mighty Mississippi River. He died
When Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Empire, this affected the Europeans ability to trade with Eastern Asia. Christopher Columbus discover an alternative route by sailing west to reach China and India. Unfortunately, instead of landing in Asia, he landed in the New World. When news spread about this discovery, this brought forth a flourish of expeditions to the New World and the first contact between Europeans and the Native Americans. The discovery of the Americans changed the Native
more than 2,000 miles. In the broad region, lived millions of people who all lived under and hierarchical society with their emperor at the top of the pyramid and commoner at the bottom. Alike the other empires, the Incas prospered in agriculture too, growing potatoes. They also had deft craftsmen and engineers who conceived of many complex objects. Similar to the Aztecs, the decline of their society was over power. Francisco Pizarro wiped out the Incas while two brothers were fighting over the emperor’s
great American civilization. It ruled from 1438 to 1533 AD in what is now modern day Peru. The civilization is located along the Andes mountain range. The Inca were a polytheistic, socialist culture. Their last ruler before being overthrown was Francisco Pizarro. They implemented methods of trading goods and services, divided up land and devised a system to keep track of time. They also created a strong military to defend their territory, and built infrastructure to facilitate travel. Although the Inca
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was born in Jerez de los Caballeros of Spain in the year of 1475. Balboa was inspired by hearing about the successful voyage of Christopher Columbus; in 1500 he became a Spanish Conquistador and set off to the Americas on Rodrigo de Bastidas’ expedition to search for gold and pearls. They arrived and explored the coast of present day Colombia before heading to Hispaniola (modern day Haiti) for years. Balboa became an unsuccessful farmer during this time, and ended up having