Who is Francisco Pizarro:
Conquistador is a term that defines the soldiers and explorers of the new world, especially the Spanish Empire. There are many conquistadors before the discovery of the new world. However, in my point of view, the most important and unforgettable conquistador was born between sometime in the 1470s. Francisco Pizarro, Gonzalez, is the Spanish conquistador who was the leader of the expedition of the Inca Empire. And behind this expedition, there is a long story that defines a man and events that prove a fact. So, who is Francisco Pizarro? Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Spain. His date of birth is unknown, but some say that it is sometimes in the 1470s, perhaps 1474. He was the illegitimate son of infantry Colonel Gonzalo Pizarro, who was served in Navarre and the Italian campaigns and his mother is Francisca Gonzalez, who was a poor woman and she married late and had a son who is Francisco Martin de Alcantara.
How his childhood plays a role in his achievement:
Francisco Pizarro was uneducated and grew up illiterate. I think that the reason behind that is that he did not grow in a family like the others. Based on that he becomes a shepherd to live because his parents were not beside him. There was something missing in his childhood
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As what Christopher Minster mentioned, “Most of the conquistadors were cruel, violent men who did not flinch from torture, mayhem, murder and rapine and Francisco Pizarro was no exception.”. (Minster). What happened to the people in Inca illustrated that Francisco is not more than evil conquistador who was thinking only about his benefits and not caring about the surrounding. An example that proves this point is how he treated the people when he first came to Inca. He was violent and unjust for no reason. For instance, he was torturing every Indian he catches with a very cruel way for no