Francisco Pizarro
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Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
Portrait by Amable-Paul Coutan, 1835
Francisco Pizarro's route of exploration during the conquest of Peru (1531–1533)
Pizarro and his followers in Lima in 1535
Pizarro meets with the Inca Emperor Atahualpa, 1532
Battle of Cajamarca
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The Battle of Cajamarca, also spelled Cajamalca, was the ambush and seizure of the Incan ruler Atahualpa by a small Spanish force led by Francisco Pizarro, on November 16, 1532. The Spanish killed tho
The First Interview Between the Spaniards and the Peruvians by Henry Perronet Briggs, 1827