In 1532 Francisco Pizarro and his men overthrew Atahualpa, the Inca leader, claiming Peru. In 1538 Francisco Pizarro had a fight with Diego Almagro, an expedition partner that he had known for many years. Francisco had Almagro killed. Francisco Pizarro, along with many of the conquistadors, was known to be very cruel.Francisco Pizarro (1475–1541) was one of the most successful Spanish conquistadors. He then founded the Spanish colony of Peru, ruling former Inca territories there until he was assassinated by followers of a rival conquistador in 1541.
Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish explorer and conqueror who is credited with bringing down the Inca Empire in the 1530s, becoming rich from the gold and silver he took from the Inca Empire. He was born into poverty in approximately 1476 in Turjillo, Spain to Captain Gonzalo Pizarro Rodriguez de Aguilar, a poor farmer, and Francisca Gonzalez Mateos. Francisco did not receive any formal education and grew up illiterate. In 1509 Francisco Pizarro set sail with Alonzo de Ojeda, departing from Spain for the New World. Over the next several years Francisco Pizarro would establish himself in the New World as Panama City's mayor, and eventually conquering the Incan Empire, becoming very wealthy.
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