Francisco+Pizarro

Francisco Pizarro

-In 1528 his partners sent him to Spain to secure aid from Emperor Charles V; he achieved this and gained for himself most of the future profits.

-Born in [|Trujillo], Estremadura, [|Spain] , probably in 1471; died at [|Lima] , [|Peru] , 26 June, 1541.

-Gold to the amount of 4,605,670 ducats (15,000,000 pesos), according to [|Garcilaso de la Vega], was accumulated and [|Atahuallpa] claimed his freedom.

-There was a share of $52,000 falling to the lot of each soldier, even those who had come at the end.

-Pizarro set sail from the port of Panama with 3 ships, 180 men, and 27 cavaliers.

-On the 13 September 1524, the first of three expeditions left from Panama for the conquest of Peru with about 80 men and 40 horses.

-After their return from Peru and notoriously rich, the Pizarro family erected a plateresque-style palace on the corner of the Plaza Mayor in Trujillo, Spain.

-Pizarro, however, faced the Incas with a smaller army and fewer resources than Cortés at a much greater distance from the Spanish Caribbean outposts that could easily support him, which has led some to rank Pizarro slightly ahead of Cortés in their battles for conquest. -After the final effort of the Inca to recover [|Cuzco] had been defeated by [|Almagro], a dispute occurred between him and Pizarro respecting the limits of their jurisdiction.

-Though Pizarro's main objective was to then set sail and dock at Tumbes like his previous expedition, he was forced to confront the Punian natives in the [|Battle of Puná], leaving three Spaniards dead and 400 dead or wounded Punians. Soon after, [|Hernando de Soto], another conquistador that had joined the expedition, arrived to aid Pizarro and with him sailed towards Tumbes, only to find the place deserted and destroyed.