Fransisco Pizarro
1 of History's Most Evil Men
Background
Achievements
Impact on Today
Interesting Facts
- Pizarro took Inca leader Atahualpa prisoner and even after being offered a room 17ft x 22ft filled up to 9ft high with gold and 2 smaller rooms filled with silver (the equivalent of $1.6 billion dollars) he had the leader tried and executed.
- Pizarro killed the Sapa Incas wife.
- Excelled in torture
- There is a statue of him in San Martin (Trujillo, Peru)
- His mother was a lady of the night.
- Because he was born out of wedlock his name was not registered with the church. Learn more by clicking here. To watch the rest of the video click here.
Project Citaition
De Angelis, Gina. Fransisco Pizarro: The Conquest of the Incas. Philadelphia: Chealsea, 2001. Print.
Explorers & Discoverers of the World. N.p.: n.p., 1993. N. pag. Biography in Context. Web. 28 Feb. 2014. <http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=BIC1&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&u=libe79362&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1614000241>.
"Francisco Pizarro." Bioraphy.com. A+E television Networks, 2014. Web. 28 Feb. 2014. <http://www.biography.com/people/francisco-pizarro-9442295?page=1#early-years>.
Fransisco Pizarro. N.d. Photograph. Palace of the Viceroys, Lima.
Most Evil Men in History- Francisco Pizarro. Youtube.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2014. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJfa7aExlPw>.
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