Pizarro, Francisco

1. A Spanish conquistador of the sixteenth century, who overthrew the rulers of the Incas and established the nation of Peru.

Example Sentences

Pizarro, Francisco, 160; character of, 161; quoted, 162.

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Pizarro, Francisco, Spanish soldier, 56, 257.

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According to him, Ferdinand was the only lawful son of old Gonzalo Pizarro; Francisco, Juan, and the younger Gonzalo being all natural sons; and Francisco de Alcantara was the uncle of Don Francisco, being the brother of his mother.

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