Francisco Pizarro

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inconspicuously taking over the
Inca Empire.

The complete takeover of the Inca's was a very big accomplishment
because the Incas had the most formidable and successful military societies
of the Americas, served by generals, with inexhaustible supplies and more
than 50'000 armed soldiers8. Pizarro only had 180 men. The downfall of
the mighty empire was on August 28, 1533 when, on display in the center of
the mighty Incan capitol city, the ruler of all Incas, Atahualpa, was
strangled to death by a Spanish public executioner9.

Then Lima, Peru is founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535 and
returns to Peru and resumes his explorations of the Inca Empire10. Six
years later, he completes his conquest of Peru but is assassinated June 26,
at age 69 or 70, by supporters of Diego de Almagro11.

Francisco Pizarro greatly changed history for some South American
countries. Pizarro was considered a great and powerful explorer by the
Spaniards because of what he had don to the Inca Empire. ...

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