Francisco Pizarro
Also known as Francisco Pizarro González
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire
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Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador who led the military campaign that conquered the Inca Empire in the 16th century. His conquest reshaped South America by establishing Spanish colonial rule over vast territories and populations that had been under Inca control.
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Francisco Pizarro (/pɪˈzɑːroʊ/; Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko piˈθaro]; c. 1478 – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
Born in Trujillo, Spain, to a poor family of pig farmers, Pizarro chose to pursue fortune and adventure in the New World. He went to the Gulf of Urabá and accompanied Vasco Núñez de Balboa in his crossing of the Isthmus of Panama, where they became the first Europeans to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas. He served as mayor of the newly founded Panama City for a few years and undertook two failed expeditions to Peru. In 1529, Pizarro obtained permission from the Spanish crown to lead a campaign to conquer Peru and went on his third, and successful, expedition.
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