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Francisco Pizarro

1478 - 1541

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Francisco Pizarro (; Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko piˈθaro]; c. 16 March 1478 – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Born in Trujillo, Spain, to a poor family, Pizarro chose to pursue fortune and adventure in the New World. He went to the Gulf of Urabá, and accompanied Vasco Núñez de Balboa in his crossing of the Isthmus of Panama, where they became the first Europeans to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas. He served as mayor of the newly founded Panama City for a few years and undertook two failed expeditions to Peru. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Pizarro is the 15th most popular explorer (down from 13th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 19th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Explorer.

Francisco Pizarro was most famous for being the conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Francisco Pizarro ranks 15 out of 498. Before him are Roald Amundsen, Bartolomeu Dias, Prince Henry the Navigator, Zheng He, James Cook, and Jacques Cartier. After him are Francis Drake, Robert Falcon Scott, Fridtjof Nansen, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Abel Tasman, and Vitus Bering.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1478, Francisco Pizarro ranks 2. Before him is Pope Clement VII. After him are Hayreddin Barbarossa, Thomas More, Philip I of Castile, Giorgione, Baldassare Castiglione, Jan Gossaert, John, Prince of Asturias, Pánfilo de Narváez, Sancha of Aragon, and Barbara Jagiellon. Among people deceased in 1541, Francisco Pizarro ranks 2. Before him is Paracelsus. After him are Margaret Tudor, Pedro de Alvarado, Johann Georg Faust, Gazi Husrev-beg, Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, Jean Clouet, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, Francysk Skaryna, Bernard van Orley, and Andreas Karlstadt.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Pizarro ranks 22 out of 3,355. Before him are Theodosius I (340), Isabella I of Castile (1451), Saint Lawrence (225), Joan Miró (1893), Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), and Joanna of Castile (1479). After him are Catherine of Aragon (1485), Pope Callixtus III (1379), Francis Xavier (1506), Maimonides (1138), Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), and Federico García Lorca (1898).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Francisco Pizarro ranks 2. Before him are Hernán Cortés (1485). After him are Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476), Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475), Francisco de Orellana (1511), Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), Juan Ponce de León (1460), Diego de Almagro (1475), Hernando de Soto (1500), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Alonso de Ojeda (1466), and Juan Díaz de Solís (1470).

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