The Influence Of Francisco Pizarro's Life In The Peruvian

Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire. Interestingly, through his father, he was a second cousin, once removed of Hernán Cortés. I guess the once removed apple doesn’t fall far from the once removed tree, ha. With his brothers and commission from Emperor Charles V. (unlike his once removed second cousin), Pizarro overthrew the Inca leader Atahualpa and conquered Peru. He founded the new capital city of Lima three years later. He claimed the land for Spain, and he killed Atahualpa despite the Peruvians/Incans paying the ransom. He forced Christianity onto them and forced them into serfdom. Thanks to his actions, many people died, and even now, he is still viewed negatively in the Peruvian