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Francisco Pizarro   /frænsˈɪskoʊ pɪzˈɑroʊ/   Listen
Francisco Pizarro

noun
1.
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541).  Synonym: Pizarro.






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"Francisco Pizarro" Quotes from Famous Books



... the South," cried Peter Martyr, "for the riches of the Aequinoctiall they that seek riches must go, not into the cold and frozen north." It was a judgment justified in the event. Francisco Pizarro, having verified the report of rich kingdoms to the south, received in 1528 from the Emperor Charles V a commission to conquer the country of the Incas in Peru. With reckless daring equaled only by cunning treachery and unspeakable cruelty, the little band ...
— Beginnings of the American People • Carl Lotus Becker



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