francisco pizarro
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Francisco Pizarro
Luis González-Miret Zaragoza
Enrique Gamarro Sanmartín
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
Francisco Pizarro was a very important Spanish conqueror in the Modern Age.
Why he is important?
Why he is important?
Pizarro was important because he conquered the Inca Empire and Peru, and because he found Lima (Peru’s capital)
Biography
Biography
He was born in 1471, 1476 or 1478 in Trujillo (Extremadura).
He conquered the Inca empire between 1532 and 1533
He founded Lima in 1535 26 June of 1541 he died.
Expeditions
Expeditions
Pizarro did three important expeditions: the first in 1524 to Panama, the second in 1526 to the north of Nicaragua and the third in 1527
Pizarro’s equestrian statue
Pizarro’s equestrian statue
It was built by Charles Carly Rumsey, an important American sculptor. There are three copies, one in Trujillo, another in Lima and the last in Buffalo
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