Francisco+Pizarro

Conquered areas: Peru, Ecuador, and Columbia

Francisco Pizzaro was born in Spain between the years of 1471-1478, resources cannot determine a definite date. His parents were never married and he was brought up by his mother's parents. For his first job till the age of 15 he herded pigs, then around 1502 he traveled to the West Indies (Haiti) to live with his father's brother. His father's brother is said to be the one who inspired him to explore and taught him the basics of exploration. His first expedition was in 1509 and he traveled to the land which is now called Panama as the first mate. He and a few other Europeans traveled to Panama's Pacific coast and are the first Europeans to see the Pacific. The crew also founded Panama City and Pizzaro was a leader in the town. Then in 1527 Pizzaro made an exploration to find a rumored civilization called the Incas. After going far into South America they returned to Panama with news on the Incas and gold. Then he sailed to Spain to tell the King of the news and get more provisions and men. Delighted with the news the King appointed Pizzaro to governor of Peru. Then he returned to Panama and planned his exploration and war against the Incas. He traveled around South America for awhile then went inward to find the Incas and was then attacked by a large Incan army. Many men died and their provisions, and maps were taken or destroyed. He returned to Panama with a better understanding of the strength <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">of the Incas. The he returned to the Incan city with a huge army and wiped them out. Then <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Pizzaro ransomed the captured Incan ruler for Gold and SIlver but killed him anyway when <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">the ransom was met. Then Francisco Pizzaro was killed by the Incan ruler's son to avenge <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">his father's death. Pizzaro was very cruel to the natives, he and his army killed everyone they saw <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">including wemon, children, and of course warriors. He destroyed their homes, and monuments <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">and they hated Pizzaro with passion. Overall Pizzaro had a mixed impact, because he conquered <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Peru for Spain and did explore in many areas but killed many Incas. He had a positive effect for <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">his exploration and conquest but a very negative one for his slaughter and merciless actions.