Francisco Pizarro was the most vicious conquistador
Oct 6, 2020 · -- Francisco Pizarro, on the eve of the conquest The Three Expeditions Pizarro reached the coast of Peru the following year and marched inland leading his tiny force through the towering Andes. They eventually arrived at the city of Cajamarca where, in the distance, the Inca ruler, Atahualpa, was waiting with 40,000 warriors.
Pizarro executes last Incan emperor - History Forum
Aug 29, 2006 · Pizarro executes last Incan emperor August 29, 1533 Atahuallpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas, dies by strangulation at the hands of Francisco Pizarro's Spanish conquistadors. The execution of Atahuallpa, the last free reigning emperor, marked the end of 300 years of Inca civilization.
Cortés and the Conquest of Mexico | History Forum
Jun 6, 2020 · Francisco Pizarro His detractors described Cortés as haughty, under-handed and quarrelsome but he had admirable qualities as well; he was courageous, intelligent and shrewdly observant; in contrast to his illiterate successor, Francisco Pizarro, the conqueror of the Incas, he wasn't wantonly cruel.
Alleged promise of Atahuallpa´s ransom | History Forum
Oct 18, 2024 · Atahualpa had to get his men to get rid of Huascar and then instruct them to plan his liberation. And Pizarro badly needed for the reinforcements of Diego de Almagro to arrive. Probably Atahualpa didn´t expect Pizarro to really ransom him, nor Pizarro believed that Atahualpa, once free, would let him to left with the ransom unopposed.
Would it be better,if Europeans colonized ... - History Forum
Jan 16, 2016 · However, this was the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca, and after Francisco Pizarro killed Atahualpa, king of the Incas, he was able to deliver to Spain a prize of 1,200,000 ducats of South American gold.
Creating the Top 100 list: Europe | Page 47 | History Forum
Sep 12, 2024 · I would like to nominate Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro for the Vth period (1482-1714), the most successful conquistadors in Spanish history, meaning conquerors in English, the conqueror of Mexico and the the conqueror of Peru respectively, of the XVIth century.
What would have happened if the Inca king hadn't …
May 3, 2017 · It seems to me that the Incan military was more pragmatic (they shoot to kill, not to capture) and their government more centralized than the Aztec's and yet, in a single battle (Cajamarca) they lost the entire war against the Spaniards due to Atahualpa's hubris. If Atahualpa hadn't been so...
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History
Mar 15, 2011 · Francisco Pizarro 63.Hernando Cortes 64.Thomas Jefferson 65.Queen Isabella I 66.Joseph Stalin 67.Julius Caesar 68.William the Conqueror 69.Sigmund Freud 70.Edward Jenner 71.Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen 72.Johann Sebastian Bach 73.Lao Tzu 74.Voltaire 75.Johannes Kepler 76.Enrico Fermi 77.Leonhard Euler 78.Jean-Jacques Rousseau 79.Nicoli …
The Peabiru Path - History Forum
Dec 31, 2012 · The Peabiru Path in one of the most unknown and fabulous facts of the South america history. In the year of 1525 a portuguese by the name of Aleixo Garcia gathered a army of 2 thousand Avá-guarani indians in the actual South Brazil, and marched west to the land of the Great White king a land...
Five Favorite Rulers of 16th century - History Forum
Dec 23, 2013 · few know but Capac repulsed a european expedition(not as well organized as Pizarro)under Aleixo Garcia eight years before Francisco Pizarro. True Henry's contribution was immense sorry I wrote wrong my personal history (not Story)the first book that I could buy with my own money was a book about Manuel I this book was one of the reasons that ...