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	FRANCISCO PIZARRO Conquistador of the Incas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Francisco Pizzaro, the illiterate, illegitimate son of a minor noble in Spain, conquered the Incas when he was nearly 60 years old, fathered 4 children and died at the age of 70 years old.
		Pizzaro and the conquistadores brutally massacred the Inca leaders at the feast and captured their leader, Atahualpa.
		Pizzaro and his fellow conquistadores took cruel advantage of the Incas upon finding them decimated by smallpox, distracted by a civil war, the Inca’s mistaken belief that Pizzaro and his men were gods, and Atahualpa’s naïve belief that an enormous ransom would guarantee his freedom and his life.
	www.geocities.com /ginger_orosco/Project3A.html (427 words)

	WowEssays.com - The Fall Of The Aztec And Inca Empires
		Francisco Pizzaro, fuelled by Cortes's success in conquering the Aztecs and acquiring riches in Mexico, determined to go south to a land where stories told of a great kingdom of a fabulous wealth.
		After two preliminary excursions, Francisco Pizzaro, with 168 Spaniards and a number of horses, arrived in Inca territory in May, 1532.
		By being in the right place at exactly the right time, and by being ruthless and deceitful, Francisco Pizzaro was able to quickly capture the ruler of the Incas, throw the empire into disarray, and rapidly gain wealth through Atahuallpa's ransom.
	www.wowessays.com /dbase/ad1/keb79.shtml (1620 words)

	Sen's Spot: Peru history
		The Spanish conquistadors lead by francisco pizzaro conquered the incas in 1533.
		He resigned and a caretaker government oversaw new elections in the spring of 2001.Alejandro TOLEDO was elected as the new head of government.
		Francisco pizarro was the man who defeated the incas.
	jackofall.blogspot.com /2004/11/peru-history.html (642 words)

	Francisco Pizarro
		Pizarro, Francisco, c.1476–1541, Spanish conquistador, conqueror of Peru.
		Born in Trujillo, he was an illegitimate son of a Spanish gentleman and as a child was an illiterate swineherd.
		Francisco's greed and ambition, extreme even in a conquistador, had, however, offset his resourcefulness, courage, and cunning.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0839247.html (437 words)

	History of Peru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1532 the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizzaro would arrive on the coast of Peru with approximately 180 men.
		Because of the civil unrest and superior firepower Pizzaro was able to capture Atahualpa and take control of the Inca Empire and it's vast amounts of silver and gold.
		Pizzaro would later execute Atahualpa and establish the City of Kings or present day Lima.
	www.public.asu.edu /~dsalce/emc598/Andy_Hull/History.htm (249 words)

	Maccu Picchu, Treasure on Top of Andes
		Cuzco was the ancient capital of Peru when Francisco Pizzaro came from Spain with his army and conquered the Inca Indians.
		It was built during the mid-15th century by the Inca Indians but was abandoned before Francisco Pizzaro and his army conquered the Inca indians.
		The city was built into the sides of the Andes mountain, and is a maze of plazas, palaces, and chambers connected by stairways.
	journal.jrsummit.net:9000 /servlet/pluto?state=3030347061676530303757656250616765303032696430303433343639 (602 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hernando de Soto
		Soon afterwards he was selected by Pizzaro as ambassador to visit the Inca Atahualpa, lord of Peru, and he was the first Spaniard who spoke with that chief.
		Upon his return from an expedition, he learned that Pizzaro had treacherously ordered Atahualpa to be put to death in spite of Atahualpa's having paid a large ransom.
		He was much displeased at the crime, and, becoming disgusted with Pizzaro and his brothers, he returned to Spain in 1536, taking back with him about 18,000 ounces of gold which represented his share of the booty taken from the Incas.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04753a.htm (2397 words)

	Francisco Pizarro \| Spanish Explorer \| Incan Conqueror \| Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Readings in Hispanic American History (includes "Contract between Francisco Pizarro, Almagro, and Luque," "Capitulation of Francisco Pizarro with the Queen of Spain," and "A Narrative of the Conquest of Peru by Francisco Pizarro")
		Capitulation of Francisco Pizarro with the Queen of Spain...of the Conquest of Peru by...
		FRANCISCO PIZARRO 1524-1541 To Peru...colonyunder the direction of Francisco Pizarro, who, as one of the soldiers...party under the command of...
	www.questia.com /library/history/south-american-history/francisco-pizarro.jsp (612 words)

	Medieval Spain: Iberian Overseas Expansion
		Soldier and explorer Francisco Pizzaro, part of several early Spanish expeditions in the region of Panama, began to penetrate the coastal areas of modern Columbia and Ecuador in the year 1527-1528.
		While his early ventures in the area met with considerable hardship, Pizzaro was informed by local peoples about a wealthy inland empire, that of the Inka.
		Pizzaro returned to Spain in the year 1529 and received permission from Charles V to march against the Inka and subdue them to Spanish authority (while in Spain, among others, Pizarro conversed with Hernan Cortes, recent conqueror of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan).
	medspains.stanford.edu /demo/iberian_expansion/cuzco.html (1251 words)

	Francisco Pizarro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Francisco's greed and ambition, offset his resourcefulness, courage, and cunning.
		A band of assassins surprised him at dinner, and although he fought desperately, he was overpowered and slain.
		Francisco Pizzaro and his brothers conquered Peru were accompanied by Francisco de Orellana who set out from Quito to explore the interior of South America in 1541.
	sio.midco.net /dansmapstamps/pizarro1.htm (306 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Francisco Pizarro
		Hernando went to Spain but was not received well at the Court; he was imprisoned until 1560, and died at the age of one hundred almost in dire poverty.
		Gonzalo launched on his intrepid expedition to explore the Amazon, returning to find that his brother Francisco was no more.
		The followers of Almagro, offended by the arrogant conduct of Pizarro and his followers after the defeat and execution of Almagro, organized a conspiracy which ended in Pizarro's assassination of the conqueror of Peru in his palace at Lima.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12140a.htm (2083 words)

	Essay Archive - Francisco Pizarro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One of these famous explorers was Francisco Pizzaro.
		Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish explorer and conqueror.
		In 1525, Pizarro proposed an expedition to "Piru." In 1524 Francisco sailed from Panama, in two caravels, with 112 man and a few natives to explore "Piru." 4 This was not going to be an easy task.
	www.essayarchive.com /pref.php?url=http://www.essayarchive.com/showpaper/6/49878/&id=560319 (142 words)

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		Contemporaries of de Soto would include Cortez, Balboa, and Francisco Pizzaro with whom he would share a great adventure.
		De Soto was present with Francisco Pizzaro when the Inca Empire was conquered.
		His reward was a fortune in booty from the conquered Inca which provided the opportunity for de Soto to marry and be welcome at the Castillian Court.
	muweb.millersville.edu /~columbus/data/cwk/SHEALER.CWK (2921 words)

	pizarro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Francisco was born in 1474 in Trujillo, Spain.
		He was also know for his attack surprises.
		Pizzaro and his two partners organized 3 private expeditions in the conquistador tradition
	www.lincoln.smmusd.org /students/aztec_inca_maya/2000/rhodes/5-6/inca56/pizarroweb/pizarro.htm (255 words)

	conquistadors
		When a civil war or rebellion swept through an area, it not only took the lives of those engaged in it or those unfortunate enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, but this violence disrupted every facet of life for the Spanish settlers.
		By the time this conflict was settled at the battle of Jaquijanguana in April sons, daughters and wives had been stolen away by the victors, land grants had been rebuked, encomiendas had been stolen and inflation had ruined the prices of maize.
		This marriage provided Pizzaro with "valuable allies and [the] subjugation [of] the country with the help of the inhabitants themselves(Kirkpatrick 51)." Eventually though, the power in the region was transferred from the Inca to the conquistadors.
	www2.truman.edu /~marc/webpages/andean2k/conquest/conquistadors.html (2063 words)

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		Francisco Pizzaro only had a little more than twohundred men (62 horsemen and 106 footsoldiers)setting ashore at the coast of the Inca Empire September 24, 1532.
		The illiterate pig farmer Pizzaro was to be a man in the history of Men.
		Few historical events are so cruel as the conquest of the Andean Inca Empire, the invading force with supperior weapons and a unbeliveable luck, slaughering down the pride of Andes culture.
	www.fortunecity.com /millennium/lilac/3/andes3.htm (673 words)

	pizzaro/gov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Although Pizzaro had the capability to destroy it, the Inca empire was really quite strong.
		The Spanish conquest was the cause of the fall of the Inca Empire.
		This is a picture describing how the Spanish army, led by Francisco Pizzaro, looked to the Inca warriors when they first appeared.
	www.lincoln.smmusd.org /students/aztec_inca_maya/99/hart/hart56inca/pizzarogovwebpage/pizzarogov.htm (287 words)

	History Detectives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Until he was nearly 50 years old, Francisco Pizarro, serving as a minor Spanish official on the Isthmus of Panama, had nothing to show for years of toil and peril but a small holding of land.
		Incas and the Fall of the Inca Empire Shannon N. At the time of the Spanish conquest of what is now Peru, the empire that the Incas had built up was the largest and most sophisticated to be found in the New World.
		The European Voyages of Exploration THE CONQUEST OF THE INCA EMPIRE: FRANCISCO PIZARRO Francisco Pizarro was born in 1474 in Trujillo, Spain, as the illegitimate and poorly-educated son of a minor Extremaduran noble.
	www.ungr.sprnet.org /historydetectives/Explorers/Pizzaro.html (222 words)

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		With today's unknown worlds existing only beneath the seas or deep in the recesses of space, it is necessary for us to put ourselves in the shoes of astronauts or aquanauts in order to understand the mindset of Spain's 15th and 16th century conquistadores.
		For men such as Christopher Columbus, Hernando Cortez, and Francisco Pizzaro, the regions beyond the friendly shores of Spain's Atlantic coast must have presented many of the same physical and psychological challenges you would face in space or beneath the sea.
		This will be an opportunity to complete the graphic organizer sections for all research subjects and begin indentifying similarities in their life stories that will assist in the completion of the next step.
	www.fred.net /johnrm/ls521/unknown.html (616 words)

	Francisco Pizarro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Spanish explorer and conqueror Francisco Pizarro defeated the Inca Empire and claimed most of South America for Spain.
		Pizarro also established the city of Lima, Peru, and opened the way for Spanish culture and religion to dominate South America.
		However, Pizarro faced an enemy at a much greater distance from the Spanish Caribbean outposts that could support him and therefore ranks slightly ahead of his fellow Spaniard.
	www.carpenoctem.tv /military/pizarro.html (1015 words)

	SevenQuestions: John Scalzi
		Pizzaro did the usual bit of terrorizing and conquering the native peoples of the land (in his case, the Incas in Peru, whose emperor, Atahuallpa, Pizzaro personally captured after the man had the temerity -- the temerity!
		Atahuallpa was later strangled to death, so let the be a lesson to all you infidels), but he also got in the face of his fellow Conquistadors.
		The lesson: Be you Inca or Spaniard, don't screw with Francisco Pizzaro.
	www.sevenquestions.com /new7q/johnscalzi.shtml (1679 words)

	File 4 - 1500-1550 - Merchants and Bankers Listings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Of the men sailing, navigator was Francisco Rodrigues, an officer was Francisco Serrao, who was shipwrecked and went to Amboina then to Ternate (where cloves grew) where he stayed as adviser to the Moslem ruler there, and to Europeans.
		Pizzaro an outright murderer: Australian researchers using refined new technology have examined a fragment of a letter with a beeswax seal written by a Jesuit in Inca territory, to find a date for the writing of the letter.
		Half-brother of Francisco was Gonzalo Pizzaro (C1505-1548), In 1539, an ex-miner at Potosi mines, Gonzalo becomes governor of Quito, later governor of Peru.
	www.danbyrnes.com.au /merchants/merchants4.htm (18623 words)

	MITTEN Community Template
		Many, many years later, I joined Pizzaro in the quest for the Inca treasure.
		When we entered the Inca land, we rushed in and were the first Spaniards to see the ruler of the Inca.
		Later, Pizzaro enslaved the ruler and then drove a sword through his skull.
	www.umd.umich.edu /mitten/bchristopherson/exhibits.htm (824 words)

	The Guns of the Tawantinsuya - Alternate History Discussion Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		the shore of the ocean to the south, fires Francisco Pizzaro with enthusiasm.
		Pizzaro sets sail for Spain, where he meets with Emperor Charles V. 1528 onward--The smallpox outbreak of 1528-1530 which kills Wayna Capac Inca is just
		Pizzaro is killed in the melee, along with about half of his men.
	www.alternatehistory.com /Discussion/showthread.php?t=11479 (6514 words)

	San Francisco Church And Convent, Lima, Peru
		The Church of San Francisco is one of the few buildings that predates Lima's 18th century earthquake, which alone makes it worth a visit.
		1656 the tempel of San Francisco was destroyed, but a new tempel was reconstructed during the XVII century.
		San Francisco is probably the most famous church here after the Cathedral.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/South_America/Peru/Departamento_de_Lima/Lima-1605109/Things_To_Do-Lima-San_Francisco_Church_And_Convent-BR-1.html (672 words)

	Hernando De Soto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He was give the rank of captain of a troop of horsemen in 1516 by Pedrarias D¦vila (also known as Pedro Arias de Avila), governor of Darien, who admired his courage, and he took an active part in the conquest of portions of Central
		In 1523 he accompanied Francisco Fern¦ndez de C-rdoba who, by order of Pedrarias, set out from Panama with an expedition which explored Nicaragua and Honduras, conquering and colonizing the country as they proceeded.
		Atahualpa to be put to death in spite of Atahualpa's having paid a large ransom.
	multimedia.esuhsd.org /2000/ed_project/135_web/studentprojects/ageexploration/hernandodesoto.html (520 words)

	The Potato Sweet
		To a place now called Columbia is where begins our story.
		Francisco was greedy, his eyes were hard and cold.
		when Francisco met the Indians, their chief was wise and old.
	www.mothergoosejazzband.org /PotatoSweet.html (271 words)

	More Lima
		The painting "13 men of Isla Gallo" is a representation of Francisco Pizarro's bold challenge to his men to accept the risk to reap the rewards of exploring the new land in 1527.
		The remains of Francisco Pizzaro reside here in this coffin in the cathedral
		In 1532 Pizarro led a small army of 62 horsemen and 106 infantry and began the destruction of the greatest empire of its day
	www.georgetreks.com /peru/inca_trail_19.htm (176 words)

	Francisco Pizarro
		Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Estremadura, Spain in about 1471 and died in Lima Peru on June 26, 1541.
		Francisco never went to school, and never learned to read or write.
		Almagro, immediately set out to conquer Chile, with a force of volunteers.
	www.bruce.ruiz.net /PanamaHistory/francisco_pizarro.htm (1600 words)

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		They are doing a sort of festive parade -like march down to where Pizzaro is located.
		If a savage like Pizzaro can call himself a Christian, then what is holding anyone back from saying that.
		Anyone can call themselves Christians, but only those who pursue the father, the son,and the holy spirit can truly call themselves Christians.
	www.xanga.com /elbufalo17/96037134/item.html (359 words)

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