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Name: Francisco Pizarro
Birth Date: c. 1474
Death Date: June 26, 1541
Place of Birth: Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Gender: Male
Occupations: Conquistador

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Biography of Francisco Pizarro
875 words, approx. 3 pages
The Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro (ca. 1474-1541) was the obscure adventurer and ruffian who discovered and overthrew the Inca empire of Peru. Assassin of the Inca Atahualpa, Pizarro was assassinated in turn by his own countrymen. Francisco...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Francisco Pizarro Summary
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Francisco Pizarro Born c. 1475, Extremadura, Spain Died June 26, 1541, Lima, Peru Francisco Pizarro was one of several Spanish soldiers of fortune called conquistadors who came to the New World to seize an empire for Spain. Pizarro’s field of...
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Francisco Pizarro Summary
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1470?-1541 Spanish Soldier and Explorer Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish soldier and explorer who conquered the Incan empire and founded the city of Lima, Peru, in 1535. He was also a member of Balboa's expedition that discovered the Pacific...
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European Contact Overwhelms the Inca Empire: Francisco Pizarro's Conquest of Peru Summary
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Unknown to the indigenous people of the New World, their destiny was being determined by political and economic forces taking place across the Atlantic Ocean in Europe. Toward the end of the fifteenth century, thousands of daring adventurers would be...
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Francisco Pizarro Information
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Francisco Pizarro González, marqués de los Atabillos (c. 1471 – June 26, 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Inca Empire and founder of Lima, La Ciudad de los Reyes, capital of Peru. Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Extremadura,...


News and Journals
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School Library Journal
Francisco Pizarro.(Review) (book review)
04/01/2001: 216 words, approx. 1 pages
MANNING, Ruth. Francisco Pizarro. ISBN 1-57572-369-7. LC 00-029564. ea vol: 48p. (Groundbreakers Series). maps. photos. reprods. chron. further reading. glossary. index. CIP. Heinemann Library. 2000. PLB $25.64. Gr 4-7--These two biographies leave much to be desired. Both titles relay the basic facts...
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Mail on Sunday
Avrams on a roll as Pizarro nips in
01/20/2008: 743 words, approx. 3 pages
CLAUDIO PIZARRO cost Pounds 15million less than Nicolas Anelka but it was the Peruvian, a substitute and free transfer, who snatched an undeserved win for unconvincing Chelsea. Just moments before his late winner, Pizarro had shown his teams growing desperation by trying to...
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AP News
Today in history - Aug. 29
8/29/2007: 533 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2007. There are 124 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:Fifty years ago, on Aug. 29, 1957, the Senate gave final congressional approval to a Civil Rights Act after South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond (then...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 96%
Pizzaro and the Incas
1,842 words, approx. 6 pages
Pizarro arrived in Peru at a very opportune time and received everything that he asked for yet, even if Pizarro had not had the Incas brutally wiped out, their culture would not have stayed alive.


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