FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CORTES AND PIZARRO
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Spain
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Portugal
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France
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pizarro, Francisco (1476?-1541), Spanish conqueror and governor of Peru (1532-1541). He was born in Trujillo, Spain. Pizarro was raised in poverty and never learned to read and write. He left Spain for the West Indies in 1502 and lived on the island of Hispaniola.
Detailed explanation-2: -Francisco Pizarro was born in 1474 in Trujillo, Spain. His father, Captain Gonzalo Pizarro, was a poor farmer.
Detailed explanation-3: -The conquest of Inca Peru was led by Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro, adventurers from Spain who had originally settled in Panama. Pizarro departed for Peru in 1531 with 180 men and 37 horses.
Detailed explanation-4: -Pizarro had heard rumors of a land in South America that was full of gold and other treasures. He wanted to explore the land.