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A park first constructed in 1906 and finished in 1938 due to some delays commemurates Hudson's acheivements. Hudson helped bring on a new age of exploration and is favored for his accomplishments even though he didn't achieve his own goal.

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In 1668 English explorers sailed to the Hudson Bay and discovered that it was a great place to trade fur so the Hudson Bay Company was born. More than 300 years after his death a bridge was named after Henry Hudson in New York City.

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Hudson was commissioned by the company Muscovy company to find a faster trade route from Europe to Asia. his mission was unsuccessful when he went on another expedition for East India company he didn't get through the ice for a third time.

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Cortes goes against the governors orders and goes to Mexico anyway. Cortes sails into Veracruz and forcefully takes it. He tried to meet with the Aztec king Montezuma but he refused. The Aztec people tried to please Cortes with gold and other treasures but he didn't trust the people so he took Montezuma Hostage. With the conquest of land King Charles of Spain names Cortes the governor of New Spain.

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Hernán Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca, was a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.

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In 1530 when Cortes was freed of charges he went back to Mexico even though he had been stripped as his title of governor. Hernando died at the age of 62 from natural causes. Even though he was greedy he impacted the western world in many ways.

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Francisco and travelling partner was Diego to fight over who would be in control and their fight turned deadly when Diego De Almagro's men found and killed him. Though he was greedy and cruel,Francisco's life helped open the door for other discoveries in the American continent.

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"Choose. You may return to the poverty of Panama or cross this line and come with me through infinite dangers but eventual wealth.""Prepare your hearts as a fortress, for there will be no other.""No man should think of going forward in the expedition, who could not do so with his whole heart, or who had the least misgiving as to its success.""Let every one of you take heart and go forward like a good soldier, nothing daunted by the smallness of your numbers.""For in the greatest extremity God ever fights for his own; and doubt not he will humble the pride of the heathen, and bring him to the knowledge of the true faith, the great end and object of the Conquest.""They were to rely on themselves, and on that Providence which had carried them safe through so many fearful trials. It would not now desert them; and if numbers, however great, were on the side of their enemy, it mattered little when the arm of Heaven was on theirs.""Let no one, who values his life, strike at the Inca.""What treason is this that you have meditated against me? Me, who have ever treated you with honor, confiding in your words, as in those of a brother?""Friends and comrades! On that side [south] are toil, hunger, nakedness, the drenching storm, desertion, and death; on this side ease and pleasure. There lies Peru with its riches; here, Panama and its poverty. Choose, each man, what best becomes a brave Castilian. For my part, I go to the south."

Name

Francisco Pizarro

Birth Date

c. 1476

Death Date

June 26, 1541

Place of Birth

Trujillo, Spain

Place of Death

Lima, Peru

Synopsis

Francisco Pizarro was born circa 1476 in Trujillo, Spain. In 1513, he joined Vasco Núñez de Balboa in his march to the "South Sea," during which Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean. In 1532, Pizarro and his brothers conquered Peru. Three years later, Pizarro founded the nation's new capital, Lima. Pizarro was assassinated on June 26, 1541, in Lima, Peru, by vengeful members of an enemy faction of conquistadors.

Early Years

Conquistador Francisco Pizarro was born, an illegitimate child, circa 1476, in Trujillo, Spain-an area stricken by poverty. His father, Captain Gonzalo Pizarro, was a poor farmer. His mother, Francisca González, was of humble heritage. Pizarro grew up without learning how to read. Instead, he herded his father's pigs.

As young man, Pizarro heard tales of the New World and was seized by a lust for fortune and adventure. In 1510, he accompanied Spanish explorer Alonzo de Ojeda on a voyage to Urabá, Colombia. Although the expedition was unfruitful, Pizarro proved he could be relied on in a bind.

March to the Sea

In 1513, Pizarro joined conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa in his march to the "South Sea," across the Isthmus of Panama. During their journey, Balboa and Pizarro discovered what is now known as the Pacific Ocean, although Balboa allegedly spied it first, and was therefore credited with the ocean's first European discovery.

Ironically, Pizarro later arrested Balboa under the orders of Pedro Arias de Ávila (also known as Pedrarias), Balboa's rival and a known tyrant. Afterward, Pizarro stayed in Panama for a time, where he was awarded an estate, served as mayor of Panama City and amassed a small fortune.

Reconnaissance Voyages

In 1524, Pizarro teamed up with navigator Diego de Almagro and a priest named Fernando de Luque. The first of their reconnaissance voyages went as far as the San Juan River. The next gave Pizarro the chance to explore further south along the coast. In the meantime, Pizarro's chief navigator, Bartolomé Ruiz, forged across the equator and then returned with word of those regions south of the equator.

Conquering Peru

In 1528, Pizarro went back to Spain and managed to procure a commission from Emperor Charles V. Pizarro was to conquer the southern territory and establish a new Spanish province there. In 1532, accompanied by his brothers, Pizarro overthrew the Inca leader Atahualpa and conquered Peru. Three years later, he founded the new capital city of Lima.

Over time, tensions increasingly built up between the conquistadors who had originally conquered Peru and those who arrived later to stake some claim in the new Spanish province. As a result, conquistadors were torn into two factions-one run by Pizarro, and the other by his former associate, Diego Almagro. After taking Cuzco, Almagro engaged Pizarro and his brothers in the Battle of Las Salinas. Upon the Pizarro brothers' victory, in 1538, Hernando Pizarro captured and executed Almagro. On June 26, 1541, in Lima, Peru, members of the defeated party avenged Almagro's death by assassinating Francisco Pizarro.

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"Choose. You may return to the poverty of Panama or cross this line and come with me through infinite dangers but eventual wealth." "Prepare your hearts as a fortress, for there will be no other." "No man should think of going forward in the expedition, who could not do so with his whole heart, or who had the least misgiving as to its success."

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Valasquez sends his men to fight Cortes in 1520 but, Cortes' men come out victorious. When Moctezuma couldn't convince the Aztec people that Cortes was their new ruler he had him killed. When Moctezuma was dead Cortes took over the Aztec's city and the Aztec empire was over. Cortes helped develop farms throughout New Spain and helped spread Christianity. In 1527 the King of Spain sends men to help Cortes but when they became sick the people accused Cortes of poisoning them.

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Hernan Cortes was an explorer who eventually defeated the Aztec people and brought Mexico under Spanish rule. This is a timeline of his life.

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Pizarro came upon the Peruvian natives. He took their leader hostage and asked for ransom. After the Inca's paid their ransom for their leader,Francisco had killed him. Lima became the capital of Peru and it still is today.

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Cortes decides to sail to the New World and make anew life there in 1504. Cortes worked with the governor of Hispaniola who took Cortes on a conquest of Cuba. As a reward he got land and slaves. In 1511 Diego Valasquez became governor and made Cortes one of his top ranking officials. In 1518 Cortes is named the captain to an expedition in Mexico. But, after a fight Cortes is disowned of his status.

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