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Francisco Pizarro

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Francisco Pizarro was not a well- known explorer, until his first voyage. Pizarro attempted to discover the gold and silver of the Inca’s after hearing about their riches. His first journey to the Inca Empire was a failure because the King of Spain denied giving them more supplies for the men. The second time they had success and reached the Inca’s. Pizarro’s hard work and persistence led to fame and fortune!

Pizarro’s life started when he lived with his mother and father who never married. His father was an army captain and his mother was a peasant girl. Pizarro was born in approximately 1476 and lived in Trujillo; a town in the province known as Extremadura, Spain and never went to school. When Pizarro was younger one of his early jobs was as a swine herder at his grandparents’ home according to research. When Pizarro was a teenager he joined the Spanish army. From the research people have done it looks like Pizarro got his experiences from joining the Spanish army and sailing with them. Research says that Pizarro was raised at his fathers parents farm and his mother was a prostitute.

Pizarro has been on a lot of journeys and got a lot of gold and silver. Pizarro traveled to many places like the Inca Empire, Columbia, and Peru. Pizarro went to the Inca Empire two times, once in 1524 and once in 1526-28. Pizarro was looking for gold and silver after hearing about the wealth of the Inca’s. Pizarro’s motivation was the idea that he could get loads of gold and silver. When balboa discovered the pacific ocean Pizarro was one of his soldiers. After going on a couple of journeys Pizarro got a lot gold and silver.

Pizarro needed money to travel farther. He returned to Spain and he got money from King Charles. Then he could continue his journey. Pizarro left Spain in 1530. Pizarro explored Peru and found a Spanish area. Over there, he met Hernando De Soto. He sent De Soto to arrange a meeting with the Inca leader, Atagualpa. Pizarro captured Atagualpa and demanded a large ransom of gold and silver. After he got the gold and silver he didn’t let Atahualpa go, and instead he killed him.

Francisco Pizarro died in 1541. Someone killed Almagro, so Almagro’s son wanted revenge and killed Pizarro. Pizarro was surprised at dinner, and he had a hard time fighting back at them. Pizarro was over powered and slain. Soon he died.. Almagro’s son came with a group of assassins and killed Pizarro in his palace in South America.

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Once Francisco Pizarro got to South America he met Hernando de Soto and traveled with him.

Francisco Pizarro was Balboa's soldier when he discovered the Pacific Ocean.

Francisco Pizarro is also connected to Ptolemy because he used the map Ptolemy made.