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Pizarro, Francisco

Published on Dec 03, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PIZARRO

Ma bro
Photo by El Bibliomata

EARLY LIFE

PACIFIC DISCOVERY

  • With Balboa
  • First voyage of 3

PERUVIAN CONQUEST

  • 1531-1536
  • Smaller army than Cortez
  • Overthrows Incan leader Atahualpa
  • Commisioned by Charles V
Photo by szeke

INCAN FATALITIES

RESOURCE GAINS

  • Silver mines
  • Native Incan Labor
  • Potosí
  • Peruvian Highlands
Photo by Claudio.Ar

LIMA

  • Established Spanish capital in Peru
  • Pizarro band split in two
  • Former navigator Almagro is leader
  • Pizarro kills Almagro
  • Pizarro is assassinated and avenged in 1541

IMPORTANCE

  • Eliminates dominant S.A. Power
  • Spread disease
  • Took political power for Spain
  • Destructive effects:
  • Death; loss of culture