Francisco Pizarro

Francisco Pizarro

male, deceased (1541)
Italian, spanishconquistador, isthmus of panama, spanish, san sebastian, pacific…Assassinated Spanish, Spanish conquistadore, conquistador
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...

Hernán Cortés

male, deceased (1547)
spanishconquistador, conquistador, City founder, castile, Spanish nobility, Colonial Mexico…Spanish colonization of the Americas, spanish, Spanish conquistadore, 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, spanishconquistador, Florida colonial, hidalgos…conquistador, spanish, Spanish conquistadore, 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...

Juan Ponce de León

male, deceased (1521)
death by poisoning, Fountain of Youth, spanishconquistador, Florida colonial, moorish, Age of Discovery…conquistador, Spanish conquistadore, spanish
Juan Ponce de León (c. 1460 - July 1521) was a Spanish conquistador. He was born in Santervás de Campos (Valladolid). As a young man he joined th...
Pedro de Alvarado

Pedro de Alvarado

male, deceased (1541)
Accidental death, spanishconquistador, conquistador, guatemala, badajoz, Colonial Mexico…spanish, Spanish conquistadore
Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras (also known as Don Pedro de Alvarado and Tonatiuh by Mexican natives; born Badajoz, Spain, c.1495, died Guadalajara,...
Pedro de Valdivia

Pedro de Valdivia

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

Diego de Almagro

male, deceased (1538)
Pizarro brother, spanishconquistador, Colonial Peru, Explorer of South America, new world, panama…conquistador, spanish, Spanish conquistadore, Spanish conquest of Peru
Diego de Almagro (Almagro, Spain, ca. 1475 - Cuzco, Peru, July 8, 1538), also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo (The Elder), was a Spanish...

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

male, deceased (1519)
spanishconquistador, execution, new world, panama, Explorer of Central America, isthmus of panama…conquistador, spanish, Spanish conquistadore
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He travelled to the New World in 1500 and after some explorations se...
Francisco de Orellana

Francisco de Orellana

male, deceased (1549)
spanishconquistador, orellana, Explorer of South America, river, quito, ecuadorian…conquistador, spanish, Spanish conquistadore, Spanish conquest of Peru
Francisco de Orellana (c. 1500 - c. 1549) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. Orellana took part in the Spanish conquest of Peru with...

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

male, deceased (1559)
andalusian, Florida colonial, spanishconquistador, Aluar Nuñez Cabeça de Vaca, slave, new world…spanish, Spanish conquistadore
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was an early Spanish explorer of the New World and is remembered as a protoanthropological author. His name is spe...