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FRANCISCO PIZARRO (c. 1471 or 1475-1541)
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FRANCISCO See also:PIZARRO (c. 1471 or 1475-1541)
, discoverer and conqueror of See also:Peru, was See also:born at See also:Trujillo in See also:Estremadura, See also:Spain, about 1471 (oE 1475)
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He was an illegitimate son of Gonzalo See also:Pizarro, who as See also:colonel of See also:infantry afterwards served in See also:Italy under Gonsalvo de See also:Cordova, and in See also:Navarre, with some distinction
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Of Pizarro's See also:early years hardly anything is known; but he appears to have been poorly cared for, and his See also:education was neglected
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Shortly after the See also:news of the See also:discovery of the New See also:World had reached Spain he was in See also:Seville, and thence found his way across the See also:Atlantic
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There he is heard of in 1510 as having taken See also:part in an expedition from Hispaniola to Uraba
accounts for the occurrence of parts of a See also:town being known as See also:Place, e.g
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See also:Ely Place in See also:London, formerly the site of the town See also:residence of the bishops of Ely
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A " place of arms " (Fr. place d'armes), in fortification, means the wide spaces (suitable for the See also:assembly of troops for a sortie) made by the salients and re-entrants of the covered way
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The phrase is also used in a strategic sense to See also:express an entrenched See also:camp or fortress in which a large See also:army can be collected under See also:cover previous to taking the See also: |
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Francisco Pizzaro couldnt read or write. He had two jobs when he was a kid it was being a Spanish soldier and member of leader expeditions. Francisco had 4 kids The people never discovered one of the son and his mother’s name. The names of the kids are Gonzalo, Ines Huailas Yunanqui, Atahuallna and the son who’s name was never discovered. Francisco’s death appeared in 1541. When he was at home, his former explorer partner killed him. Because Francisco took over the city, Lima in Peru. He ruled the country so his former partner, Pedro de Almagro was envious of him so he killed Francisco so he could own the land and rule it. And also because Lima had a lot of gold, Pedro wanted it. Pizzaro was a normal farmer but one day he heard about the riches of the Incan empires, so he and this three brothers, among 180 other men. They defeated the Incan empire and claimed it for Spain. He explored the coast of Peru. He served as the mayor of Panama during the years of 1519-1523 Hope this hPizzaro was a normal farmer but one day he heard about the riches of the Incan empires, so he and this three brothers, among 180 other men. They defeated the Incan empire and claimed it for Spain. He explored the coast of Peru. He served as the mayor of Panama during the years of 1519-1523 Hope this helps.
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