Pizarro, Francisco

(c. 1476–1541) with small force, destroyed Incan empire. [Span. Hist.: EB, 14: 487–488]

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Pizarro, Francisco

Born sometime between 1470 and 1475, in Trujillo, Spain; died June 26, 1541, in Lima, Peru. Conquistador.

Pizarro participated in A. de Ojeda’s expedition to the northern coast of South America (1509) and in the conquest of Panama (1510). He led the conquest of Peru (1532–36), site of the Inca state. Taking advantage of the internecine strife among the Incas, he pillaged and destroyed their state, Tawantin-suyu. In 1535 he founded the city of Lima. He brutally suppressed a rebellion by the Indians that occurred between 1535 and 1537. Pizarro was killed in a struggle over power and spoils.

REFERENCE

Vol’skii, S. Pizarro (1470–1541). Moscow, 1935.

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