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      Hernando Cortes, Fransisco Pizzaro, and Christopher Columbus

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      Hernando Cortes, Fransisco Pizzaro, and Christopher Columbus

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Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. He had 3 brothers and 1 sister. His father was a wool weaver and he owned a cheese stand. Columbus grew up working at his father's stand. He spent his early years traveling around Europe.

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Francisco Pizarro was born in 1472. His mother was a poor woman.His Father was an army colonel. His life was hard, and he worked as a pig herder. He was raised by his grandparents.

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Cortes was born in 1485 Medellin, Spain.He had an upper class family, though his parents weren't  very wealthy. He was somewhat sickly as a kid. He was the family's only son.

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Cortes was motivated to defeat the Aztecs. He was motivated by gold and silver, for example. He wanted to be rich. Many people also think he was insane, and wanted gold almost too badly.

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1492-Columbus's First trip to the New World

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1492-Columbus's First trip to the New World

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Columbus set sail for India in August, 1492. He took 3 ships, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. He went in search of a shortcut to the Indies to find spices and gold. His trip was funded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. He landed in Hispaniola in October. He named the natives there "Indians" because he thought he landed in India.

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Columbus died May 20, 1506. He was 54. He had been sick recently. To the day He died he believed he had sailed to India, although he never did.

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The Aztecs first encountered Cortes in 1521 when he came to the new world. The Aztecs are a native tribe. They had barely had any weaponry or armory. They only had bronze tools . The Aztecs died out because they were defeated by Cortes and his 500 soldiers. Even though the Aztecs had a higher populated army and they should of had an advantage for the battles, they didn't, but the Europeans did. The Europeans 's defeated the Aztecs with their advanced weapons and with the help of the disease smallpox. Smallpox was spread to the Aztecs from a European. The Aztecs no protection from the deadly disease, however the Europeans did.

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Pizarro defeated the Inca civilization with many tools. One was horses. These giant creatures were completely unknown to them and scared them greatly. Another powerful tool they had were weapons. The had powerful weapons made of steel and they had guns. He also defeated the Incas by kidnapping their ruler. Once he had their ruler under control, the empire quickly fell apart and he quickly defeated them.

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Francisco Pizarro Died on June 26, 1541. After a dispute with Diego Almargo, he had Diego assassinated. Diego died on July 8, 1538. For revenge, Diego's son had Pizarro assassinated.

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Hernando Cortes died on December 2. The year was 1547. He died of a disease called Pleurisy. He was 62 years old.

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Christopher Columbus is remembered to day. He is the man who joined America and Europe, and opened the door for other exploration. We celebrate Columbus Day each Year to honor the man who led the first few trips to and from America.

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Francisco Pizarro is remembered today. He has a statue of himself in downtown Lima, and some streets are named after him. In Peru, he is seen as a murderer for his conquer of the Incas.

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Hernando Cortes is remembered for being an explorer. He is also remembered for being a conqueror of the Aztecs. He wrote a book on how to conquer a civilization. This book inspired Francisco Pizarro to conquer the Inca's as well as help Pizarro do it. The book also inspired many other conquerors.