Francisco Pizarro

Francisco Pizarro

male, deceased (1541)
Italian, spanish conquistador, isthmus of panama, spanish, san sebastian, pacific…Assassinated Spanish, Spanishconquistadore
Francisco Pizarro González was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Inca Empire and founder of Lima, La Ciudad de los Reyes, capital of Peru. P...
Lope de Aguirre

Lope de Aguirre

male, deceased (1561)
Rebel, spanish conquistador, death by firearm in Venezuela, spanish, basque, Spanishconquistadore
Lope de Aguirre (c. 1510 - 27 October 1561) was a Spanish Basque "conquistador" in South America. Nicknamed "El Loco", 'the Madman', Aguirre was...
Pedro Fages

Pedro Fages

male, deceased (1794)
from California, spanish conquistador, Californias, don, Spanishconquistadore, monterey…spanish
Don Pedro Fages Beleta (Catalan: Pere Fages i Beleta) (1734-1794), nicknamed "El Oso", was a soldier, explorer, and the second Spanish military...

Hernán Cortés

male, deceased (1547)
spanish conquistador, conquistador, City founder, castile, Spanish nobility, Colonial Mexico…Spanish colonization of the Americas, spanish, Spanishconquistadore, Spanish Conquest of Mexico
Hernán(do) Cortés Pizarro, 1st Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca was the "conquistador" who became famous for leading the military expedition that ini...
Hernando de Soto

Hernando de Soto

male, deceased (1542)
Jerez de los Caballeros, Exploration, hidalgo, spanish conquistador, Florida colonial, hidalgos…spanish, Spanishconquistadore, Spanish conquest of Peru
Hernando de Soto (c.1496/1497 –May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. Born in the Extremadura region of Spain, he participated, in...
Gonzalo Pizarro

Gonzalo Pizarro

male, deceased (1546)
spanish conquistador, Greed, lima, new world, cuzco, Spanish colonization of the Americas…spanish, Spanishconquistadore, Spanish conquest of Peru
Gonzalo Pizarro (1502 - April 10, 1548) was a Spanish conquistador and younger half-brother of Francisco Pizarro, the conqueror of the Inca Empire.

Gaspar de Portolà

male, deceased (1784)
spanish conquistador, California missions, explorer, continent, nobility, missionary…spanish, Spanish nobility, Spanishconquistadore, Spanish missions in California
Gaspar de Portolà i Rovira, a soldier, governor of Baja and Alta California (1767-1770), explorer and founder of San Diego and Monterey. He was b...
Pedro de Valdivia

Pedro de Valdivia

male, deceased (1554)
spanish conquistador, concepcion, City founder, flanders, chilean, badajoz…Spanishconquistadore
Pedro de Valdivia was a conquistador and first royal governor of Chile. He was the founder of various cities within the territory, including...

Alonso Fernández de Lugo

male, deceased (1525)
spanish conquistador, Canary Islands, spanish, City founder, tenerife, ferdinand and isabella…Spanishconquistadore
Alonso Luis Fernández de Lugo was a Spanish military man, conquistador, city founder, and administrator. He was born in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, in Sp...

Juan de Ayala

male
Veracruz, Veracruz, spanish conquistador, san francisco bay, viceroy, san carlos, vera cruz…Spanishconquistadore, spanish
Juan Manuel de Ayala was a Spanish naval officer who played a significant role in the European exploration of California, since he and the crew of...