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Francisco Pizarro Portrait of Francisco Pizarro painted by an anonymous artist, showing a bearded man in dark clothing with a white ruffled collar and a black cap, against a plain background. Map of northern South America showing the routes of early European explorers in the 1500s. Color-coded lines trace the journeys of Francisco Pizarro, Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, Sebastian Benalcazar, Nikolaus Federmann, Gonzalo Pizarro, and Francisco de Orellana, with routes passing through present-day Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and along the Amazon River to the Atlantic coast. Major cities such as Lima, Quito, Bogota, and Cuzco are labeled. Francisco Pizarro and Atahuallpa
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The Downfall of the Mighty Inca Empire
How Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca empire, in part by executing the emperor...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Wellcome Collection, London (Public domain)
Francisco Pizarro's Ruthless Quest for El Dorado
Francisco Pizarro, who arrived in Peru to find the legendary lost city of gold, El...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Heritage Pictures/Dreamstime.com

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Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro.
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Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro.
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Map Showing Exploration of Northern South America
Exploration routes of conquistadors in northern South America following early Spanish...
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Francisco Pizarro and Atahuallpa
Atahuallpa kneeling before Francisco Pizarro.
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Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro, undated engraving.
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