Francisco Pizarro

Francisco Pizarro

male, deceased (1541)
Italian, spanish conquistador, isthmus of panama, spanish, san sebastian, pacific…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)
spanish conquistador, conquistador, City founder, castile, Spanish nobility, Colonial Mexico
Hernán(do) Cortés Pizarro, 1st Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca was the "conquistador" who became famous for leading the military expedition that ini...
Pedro de Valdivia

Pedro de Valdivia

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

Pedro de Alvarado

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

Hernando de Soto

male, deceased (1542)
Jerez de los Caballeros, Exploration, hidalgo, spanish conquistador, Florida colonial, hidalgos…conquistador
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...
Diego de Almagro

Diego de Almagro

male, deceased (1538)
Pizarro brother, spanish conquistador, Colonial Peru, Explorer of South America, new world, panama…conquistador
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...
Francisco de Orellana

Francisco de Orellana

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

Juan Ponce de León

male, deceased (1521)
death by poisoning, Fountain of Youth, spanish conquistador, Florida colonial, moorish, Age of Discovery…conquistador
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...
Gonzalo Pizarro

Gonzalo Pizarro

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

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

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