The first of their reconnaissance voyages went as far as the San Juan River. The next gave Pizarro the chance to explore further south along the coast. Pizarro was to conquer the southern territory and establish a new Spanish province there.
In , accompanied by his brothers, Pizarro overthrew the Inca leader Atahualpa and conquered Peru. Three years later, he founded the new capital city of Lima. Over time, tensions increasingly built up between the conquistadors who had originally conquered Peru and those who arrived later to stake some claim in the new Spanish province.
As a result, conquistadors were torn into two factions — one run by Pizarro, and the other by his former associate, Almagro. Upon the Pizarro brothers' victory, in , Hernando Pizarro captured and executed Almagro. On June 26, , in Lima, Peru, members of the defeated party avenged Almagro's death by assassinating Pizarro. We strive for accuracy and fairness. He participated in the arrest of Balboa and was awarded with the position of mayor of Panama City.
Pizarro is most well-known for his role in the conquest of Peru and the Incan Empire. After two unsuccessful attempts in and , he returned to Spain to garner support from King Charles I. In he began his final assult to conquer the Inca reigon and people.
The Battle of Cajamarca took place on November 16, , Pizarro and the Spanish forces were successful, and Pizarro ordered the execution of the Incan emperor, Atahualpa. The act was a controversial one, with other conquistadors and Charles I disapproving of Pizarro's actions. After the conquest of Peru, Pizarro founded the city of Lima on January 18, ; he considered this the most important act of his life.
Pizarro quarrelled with his longtime comrade-in-arms, Diego Almagro, resulting in the Battle of Las Salinas. The first expedition failed, but in , Pizarro arrived in Peru and heard stories of a great ruler and his riches in the mountains. He returned to get permission to claim the land for Spain. In , Pizarro and his crew, including three of his half-brothers—Gonzalo, Hernando and Juan Pizarro—sailed from Panama. Pizarro took Atahuapla hostage.
Despite having paid a large ransom to spare his life, Atahuapla was killed in Pizarro then conquered Cuzco, another important Inca city, and founded the city of Lima, now the capital of Peru. Pizarro did not want Almagro to have the city, but was too old to fight himself so he sent his brothers to Cuzco to fight.
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