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-Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy
-His father was a wool weaver and owned a cheese stand
-Columbus worked at the cheese stand
-He traveled around Europe and worked for a trading company

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-Pizarro was born in 1474 in Trujillo, Spain
-His father, Gonzalo Pizarro, was a Spanish army colonel
-he had very little education and was illiterate, unable to read or write
-His parents never married, his grandparents raised him so his life was difficult
-For several years, Pizarro worked as a pig herder

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-He was born in Medellin, western Spain
-He served as a solder in an expedition
- He grew up poor, so he wanted gold and riches
-His parents wanted him to become a lawyer so they sent him to a school to study law

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Kids learn about the biography and life of Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernan Cortes. He conquered the Aztec Empire.

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-he wanted gold and riches
-he also wanted land
-he talked to many royals to fund his trip
-they all said no until they talked to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand
-they said to him that he could get 10% of the resources he found

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-Columbus brought three ships, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria but he sailed the Santa Maria because it was the biggest ship they had
-At the time they called the Santa Maria "La Gallega" and the Nina was called the "Santa Clare"
-He tried to sail to the West Indies but landed in the Caribbean islands now called the Bahamas
-He believed that he landed in the West Indies so he called the people there "Indians"

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Columbus Day: Christopher Columbus Sets Sail | History

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-He sailed to the New World in 1504
- He first arrived in Hispaniola in the city Santo Domingo
- He became a notary and became well known on the island
-Cortes heard of Christopher Columbus discoveries in the new world so he wanted to travel and see the new lands too

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-He died in May 20, 1506
-He was sick because of the diseases he got in the New World
-When he died, he still believed that he landed in the West Indies
-His trips proved the theory that the earth was round
-Most people think that Columbus sailed to america but actually he landed in the Caribbean Islands that is now the Bahamas
-he was most known for discovering th

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- He was ambitious even though he had a tough childhood
- When he heard rumors of the riches of the new world, he wanted to improve his life and find the riches for himself
- He joined an expedition led by Also do Ojeda
- He lived on the island of Hispaniola as a colonist and was left in charged of San Sebastian, a ill-fated settlement Ojeda founded.

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-Pizarro joined a conquistador named Vasco Núñez de Balboa on his expedition to the south sea across panama
- They found the pacific ocean on their journey, but Balboa spied it first, so he got most of the credit
- Pizarro arrested Balboa under the orders of Balboa's rival, Pedro Arias de Ávila
-Francisco stayed in panama for a bit. He was awarded a house, became the mayor, and amassed a lot of money

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-He was going to lead his own expedition, but Diego Velázquez, the leader of the expeditions, cancelled it
- He ignored his orders from and traveled with 500 men and 11 ships to mexico
- He planned to overthrow the ruler of the Aztec empire in the Aztec capital of Tenochitilán to get their riches.
- The Aztecs drove them out of their city after his men killed Montezuma, the king of the Aztecs.

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Hernán Cortés ‑ Biography, Facts & Accomplishments

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Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés (1485‑1547) traveled to Mexico in 1519, where he eventually overthrew the Aztec empire and helped build Mexico City.

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- Hernando marched back to Tenochtitlan with more allies that didn't like the Aztecs, such as the Tlaxcala people
- Some of the Aztecs thought Cortes was a god in human form, so they didn't fight him at first
-He ended up conquering the city, along with the Aztec empire.
- One of Cortes's men gave the Aztecs a disease that killed lots of their people, including the emperor of the chain of commands
- Once the Aztecs were defeated, Cortes renamed Tenochtitlan Mexico city, and it became the Spanish capital of the territory

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-Pizarro landed in the coast of South America
- He established the first Spanish settlement in Peru called San Miguel de Piura
-the Inca had just fought a civil war between two brothers, Atahualpa and Huascar
-Their father the emperor had died and both wanted his throne
-Atahualpa won the war, but the country was weakened from the internal battles
- Many Inca were also sick from diseases brought by the Spanish such as smallpox
-Pizarro and his men set out to meet with Atahualpa
-Atahualpa felt he had nothing to worry about
-Pizarro only had a few hundred men while he had tens of thousands however Pizarro set a trap for Atahualpa and caught him successfully
- Pizarro also had steal weapons, guns, and horses, tools the Inca didn't even know about
-Pizarro held him as prisoner, Pizarro held him ransom for a room full of gold and silver
-The Inca delivered the gold and silver, but Pizarro executed Atahualpa anyway

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-In 1538 Pizarro had a dispute with his long time expedition partner and fellow conquistador Diego Almagro, he had Almagro killed
-On June 26, 1541 some of Almagro's supporters led by his son stormed Pizarro's home in Lima and assassinated him. Almagro's son killed him successfully
-Almagro's son was then appointed governor of Peru
-He was best known for Conquering the Inca Empire

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-Hernando Cortes died of Pleurisy, a type of disease in Castilleja de la Cuesta
-He was most known for Conquering the Aztec Empire
-He spread diseases like smallpox to the new land
- Cortes wanted to rule Spain's colony in central america, even though he never did

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Hernán Cortés - Explorer | Mini Bio | BIO