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DIEGO DE ALMAGRO (1475-1538)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 711 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DIEGO DE ALMAGRO (1475-1538)

ALMAGRO (1475-1538) ,

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SPANISH

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COMMANDER

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COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

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RIVAL

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PIZARRO, FRANCISCO (c. 1471 or 1475-1541)

Pizarro (q.v.), was

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BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Aldea del Rey in 1475 . According to another

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account he was a foundling in the

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VILLAGE

village from which he derived his name . In 1525 he joined Pizarro and Hernando de Luque at

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PANAMA

Panama in a

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SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme for the

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CONQUEST

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Peru (see PERU:

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HISTORY

History) . He was executed by

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order of Pizarro in 1538 in consequence of a dispute as to their respective territories .

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