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Sentence Examples Senderos heads away just as Pizarro is about to nut a cross in from about eight yards out. He frequently consults with the National Geographic Society on a wide variety of topics, including the Moche, the Inca, and Francisco Pizarro. As he pulled level with Pizarro, Spencer's mount hung right and appeared to squeeze him against the rails. Sheridan's Pizarro opens in 1534, with the Spaniard Francisco Pizarro waging a war of conquest against the Inca Empire of Peru. Hargreaves plays the ball into Pizarro on the edge of the Celtic box. Pizarro manages to combine these romantic emotional extremes with unusual clarity, bringing out lines that can often be marred and mushed by foggy sustain pedalling. In 1541 Lima, supporters of Diego Almagro II assassinated Francisco Pizarro. After one more expedition in 1529, Pizarro received royal approval to conquer the region and be its viceroy. The division of the booty produced conflicts, such as the one between Pizarro and Almagro. Among those who embarked on these four vessels was Francisco Pizarro, the future conqueror of Peru. Pizarro was named governor and captain of all conquests in Peru, or New Castile, as the Spanish now called the land. Pizarro and some of his men, most notably a friar named Vincente de Valverde, met with the Inca, who had brought only a small retinue. The Inca fulfilled this ransom, but Pizarro deceived them, refusing to release the Inca afterwards. Meanwhile, an associate of Pizarro, Diego de Almagro, attempted to claim Cusco. He was the first European to do so, accomplishing this eight years before Francisco Pizarro. Francisco de Orellana accompanied Pizarro on the expedition as his lieutenant. Pizarro became a participant in Ojeda's failed colony, commanding the remnants until he abandoned it with the survivors. This discovery gave Pizarro the motivation to plan a third expedition to conquer the area. When Francisco Pizarro arrived in Cajamarca in November 1532, he sent a messenger to Atahualpa, proposing they meet in the main plaza. Upon reaching San Juan River they separated, Pizarro staying to explore the swampy coasts and Almagro sent back for reinforcements. Show More Sentences Pizarro remained safe near the coast, while Almagro and Luque went back for reinforcements with proof of the rumoured gold. Of equal importance was the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire by Francisco Pizarro, which would become the Viceroyalty of Peru. After the fifty days had passed, Pizarro started preparations for the return to Hispaniola, when Enciso's ship arrived. De Alvarado left South America in exchange for monetary compensation from Pizarro. Gonzalo Pizarro and his followers left Quito on February 1541, a month before Orellana, who was able to bring 23 men and several horses. Gonzalo Pizarro offered to help capture those responsible for his brother's death, but was refused. This prompted Gonzalo Pizarro and Francisco de Carvajal to organize an army of followers with the intent of suppressing the New Laws. Pizarro left Quito in February 1541 just before Orellana arrived with his 23 men and horses. Gonzalo Pizarro ordered him to explore the Coca River and return when the river ended. Pizarro had in the meantime returned to Quito by a more northerly route, by then with only 80 men left alive. When Gonzalo Pizarro revolted against the Spanish Crown, Pedro Pizarro refused his requests to join his rebellion. During the Spanish conquest, the Spaniard Francisco Pizarro captured Atahualpa and used him to control the Inca Empire. Pizarro and his men thus advanced unopposed through some very difficult terrain. When Pizarro arrived in Cajamarca, the town was mostly empty except for a few hundred acllas. The Spaniards were billeted in certain long buildings on the main plaza, and Pizarro sent an embassy to the Inca, led by Hernando de Soto. The Spaniards invited Atahualpa to visit Cajamarca to meet Pizarro, which he resolved to do the following day. Although there are different accounts as to what Valverde said, most agree that he invited the Inca to come inside to talk and dine with Pizarro. Pizarro led the charge on Atahualpa, but captured him only after killing all those carrying him and turning over his litter. They took her daughter by Pizarro with them, and she was later legitimized by imperial decree. The Pizarro line survived Hernando's death, although it is extinct in the male line. Show More Sentences However it was partly due to the ongoing civil war that Pizarro was able to triumph. Once the great stone fortresses dotting their route of escape were garrisoned, argued Pizarro, they would prove impregnable. Since this could not realistically be accomplished in an open field, Pizarro had invited the Inca to Cajamarca. Pizarro ordered his men to remain silent and hidden until the guns were fired. After a brief pause Friar Vincente de Valverde, accompanied by an interpreter, emerged from the building where Pizarro was lodged. Pizarro rushed at Atahualpa on horseback, but the Inca remained motionless. While his men were cutting down Atahualpa's attendants, Pizarro rode through them to where a Spanish soldier had pulled the Inca from his litter. Recognizing the value of the Emperor as a hostage, Pizarro blocked the attack and received a sword wound to his hand in consequence. Francisco Pizarro had accompanied Balboa in the crossing of the Isthmus of Panama. His last requests to Pizarro were that his remains be transported to Quito, and that he have compassion on his children. Pizarro ceremoniously gave Manco Inca the Incan fringe as the new Peruvian leader. After the Battle of Cajamarca, Francisco Pizarro sent his brother Hernando Pizarro to Pachacamac. In the same year, Pizarro and his men discovered that Jauja was home to huge accumulations of Inca food, clothing and wealth. Lima was founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535, as Ciudad de los Reyes. In 1532 a group of Spanish conquistadors, led by Francisco Pizarro, defeated the Inca ruler Atahualpa and took over his Empire. The same year, Pizarro entered the Inca capital of Cuzco and completed his conquest of Peru. In January 1535, Pizarro founded the city of Lima, a project he considered his greatest achievement. Diego de Almagro was left behind because he was to recruit men, gather additional supplies and join Pizarro later. On 10 March 1526 Pizarro left Panama with two ships with 160 men and several horses, reaching as far as the Colombian San Juan River. The findings and excellent news from Ruiz along with Almagro's new reinforcements cheered Pizarro and his tired followers. Show More Sentences On meeting with Pizarro, the associates decided to continue sailing south on the recommendations of Ruiz's Indian interpreters. Before leaving, however, Pizarro and his followers sailed south along the coast to see if anything of interest could be found. King Charles I, who was at Toledo, had an interview with Pizarro and heard of his expeditions in South America. Arriving at Cajamarca on 15 November 1532, Pizarro had a force of just 110 foot soldiers, 67 cavalry, three arquebuses and two falconets. Atahualpa agreed to meet Pizarro in his Cajamarca plaza fortress the next day. By February 1533, Almagro had joined Pizarro in Cajamarca with an additional 150 men with 50 horses. The king of Spain had awarded the Governorate of New Toledo to Almagro and the Governorate of New Castile to Pizarro. Almagro's son, also named Diego and known as El Mozo, was later stripped of his lands and left bankrupt by Pizarro. After his invasion, Pizarro destroyed the Inca state and while ruling the area for almost a decade, initiated the decline of local cultures. During this expedition, which lasted 14 months, De Almagro, Pizarro and Hernando de Luque became close friends. For four years he stayed there, working at the management of his properties and those of Pizarro. By 1524 an association of conquest regarding South America was formalized among Almagro, Pizarro and Luque. As such, Pizarro dispatched De Almagro to pursue Quizquiz, fleeing to the Inca Empire's northern city of Quito. Alvarado's presence, however, did not last long as he left South America in exchange for monetary compensation from Pizarro. After occupying Cuzco, De Almagro confronted an army sent by Francisco Pizarro to liberate his brothers. During this time Almagro fell ill, and Pizarro and his brothers grabbed the opportunity to defeat him and his followers. Once captured, Almagro was humiliated by Hernando Pizarro and his requests to appeal to the King were ignored. In December 1532, a party of conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro defeated and captured the Inca Emperor Atahualpa in the Battle of Cajamarca. North of the city of Tumbes lies Puerto Pizarro, the gateway to the National Mangroves Sanctuary. In 1529, Francisco Pizarro obtained permission from the Spanish Monarchy to conquer the land they called Peru. Show More Sentences When Pizarro arrived in Peru in 1532, he found it vastly different from when he had been there just five years before. After four long expeditions, Pizarro established the first Spanish settlement in northern Peru, calling it San Miguel de Piura. Pizarro sent his captain Hernando de Soto to invite Atahualpa to a meeting. He replied with what he had heard from his scouts, saying that Pizarro and his men were killing and enslaving countless numbers on the coast. Pizarro denied the report and Atahualpa, with limited information, reluctantly let the matter go. Pizarro sent Hernando de Soto and Hernando Pizarro to the Inca leader's camp. Atahuallpa replied that his fast would end the next day, when he would visit Pizarro. The next morning, Pizarro had arranged an ambuscade around the Cajamarca plaza, where they were to meet. Pizarro also used cavalry charges against the Inca forces, which stunned them in combination with gunfire. Pizarro advanced with his army of 500 Spaniards toward Cuzco, accompanied by Chalcuchimac. Manco Inca initially had good relations with Francisco Pizarro and several other Spanish conquistadors. Manco Inca hoped to use the disagreement between Almagro and Pizarro to his advantage and attempted the recapture of Cuzco starting in Feb. A struggle for power resulted in a long civil war between Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro in which Almagro was killed. As Pizarro and his men took over portions of South America, they plundered and enslaved countless people. In the play, Pizarro, Atahualpa, Valverde and other historical figures appear as characters. Pizarro and his fellow conquistadors feature as antagonists in the 1982 animated serial The Mysterious Cities of Gold. As one of the Pizarro brothers, he was related to Francisco, Juan, and Gonzalo Pizarro. Starting in 1532 and succeeding in 1533, Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire and claimed what we know today as Peru for Spain. In this letter, we get a better understanding of what type of person Hernando Pizarro was. Hernando delivered the royal fifth and recounted the Pizarro brothers' adventures. Show More Sentences One of their sons, Francisco Pizarro y Pizarro, married twice and had offspring, the Marqueses de La Conquista. As a result, the Pizarro line survived Hernando's death, though currently it is extinct in male line. Juan Pizarro was the half brother of Francisco and Hernando Pizarro, and full brother to Gonzalo Pizarro. Particularly egregious was the conduct of Juan and Gonzalo Pizarro towards the Inca Emperor, Manco Inca Yupanqui. When hostile natives along the coast threatened the expedition, Pizarro moved inland and founded the first Spanish settlement in Peru, San Miguel de Piura. After Peru fell to the Spanish, both Pizarro and De Almagro initially worked together in the founding of new cities to consolidate their dominions. His rule lasted only a few months before he was captured by the army of Francisco Pizarro, who sided with the Cuzco supporters of the executed Inca Huascar. In 1524, while still in Panama, Pizarro formed a partnership with a priest, Hernando de Luque and a soldier, Diego de Almagro, to explore and conquer the South. In 1524 Francisco Pizarro, in association with the soldier Diego de Almagro and the priest Hernando de Luque, mounted an expedition using Andagoya's ships. Fearing subsequent hostile encounters like the one the expedition endured at the Battle of Punta Quemada, Pizarro ended his first expedition and returned to Panama. The governor, who himself was preparing an expedition north to Nicaragua, was reluctant to permit another expedition, having lost confidence in Pizarro. Pizarro managed to have a larger stake and awards for himself. He then set sail north for the San Juan River, arriving to find Pizarro and his men exhausted from the difficulties they had faced exploring the new territory. However, the intrigues of his interpreter, Felipillo, who had previously helped Pizarro in dealing with Atahualpa, almost thwarted De Almagro's efforts. On 15 November 1533 Francisco Pizarro officially arrived in Cusco. Regarding the initial mission of finding cinnamon, Pizarro reported to the king that they had found cinnamon trees, but that they could not be profitably harvested. On their return towards Panama, Pizarro briefly stopped at Tumbes, where two of his men had decided to stay to learn the customs and language of the natives. Pizarro sailed from Panama for Spain in the spring of 1528, accompanied by Pedro de Candia, some natives and llamas, plus samples of fabric, gold and silver. However, Ojeda never returned to San Sebastian and after the fifty days Pizarro decided to leave the colony in the two brigs along with the 70 colonists. One of the grant conditions was that within six months, Pizarro should raise a sufficiently equipped force of 250 men, of whom 100 might be drawn from the colonies. Show More Sentences This gave Pizarro time to leave for his native Trujillo and convince his brother Hernando Pizarro and other close friends to join him on his third expedition. Leaving 50 men back at the settlement under the command of Antonio Navarro, Pizarro proceeded with his conquest accompanied by 200 men on 24 Sept. Francisco Pizarro was placed in charge of the fort and ordered to stay there for the fifty days that it would take for Ojeda to travel to and return from Santo Domingo. He sent Hernando Pizarro and de Soto to meet with Atahualpa in his camp. De Ojeda asked Pizarro to leave some men in the settlement for fifty days and, if no help arrived at the end of that time, to use all possible means to get back to Hispaniola. In Quito, Gonzalo Pizarro collected a force of 220 Spaniards and 4000 natives, while Orellana, as second in command, was sent back to Guayaquil to gather troops and horses. He was given the name Francisco Atahualpa in honor of Francisco Pizarro. Despite fulfilling his promise of filling one room with gold and two with silver, he was convicted for killing his brother and plotting against Pizarro, and was executed. By 1538, it was known she had borne Pizarro two sons, Juan and Francisco. In 1892, in preparation for the anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the Americas, a body believed to be that of Pizarro was exhumed and put on display in a glass coffin. Pizarro is well known in Peru as the leader of the Spanish conquest. Thereafter, Pizarro went on to look for Atahualpa himself, who was shielded by his faithful nobles who, in the end, were also captured by the Spaniards. Pedro Pizarro was born around 1515 in the Spanish city of Toledo. Diego de Almagro demanded the Inca's death, necessary for peace and in the interests of the Spanish crown, though Pizarro and Hernando de Soto were reluctant. Pizarro finally conceded to a trial, acting as a judge alongside Almagro. Examples from Classical Literature Wasn't there a wop named Pizarro or somethin' what got lost down in Florida? Need we say more then of Pizarro than to contrast him with such a character. As the only deliverance from this harassment, Pizarro adopted a new policy. It did take a dozen men in full armor to kill the armorless Pizarro, and even then it took trickery and treachery to do it. Pizarro acquired the mastery of Peru by the act of a malefactor. Our plans had been to go to Trujillo, the birthplace of Pizarro. Did not Pizarro lead three hundred and fifty Spanish cavaliers and four thousand Indians into the far Cordilleras in search of treasure? Claudio Pizarro put them in front in the 75th minute before Mario Mandzukic sealed victory five minutes from time. It asserted his entire rejection of the authority of Pizarro. Pizarro urged, in view of their peril, the delay of a few weeks. Just then Pizarro, with his two hundred men, made his appearance. Pizarro and the Review composed the bill of fare for this evening. It was about like the country where Pizarro and his army were encamped. In spite of suggestions from his soldiery, Pizarro chose the hard way. I've always wanted to see the old city of Pizarro, Drake and Morgan. Next to Balboa, among the sixty-seven, was Francisco Pizarro. The Spaniards, moving on to a securer place, camped to await Pizarro. Pizarro met with his Chilean counterpart, Francisco Vidal, and is believed to have made a formal request for the extradition. Find more words! 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