Francisco Pizarro, born in 1475 in Spain, was a Spanish conquistador, or conqueror, who is credited with finding the Incan tribe in present-day Peru, and gaining a reputation for being a harsh ruler. Pizarro went on several voyages in his lifetime, but his most famous voyages were the ones involving the Incas. Like many other Spanish explorers, Pizarro wanted to find gold, and had learaned that an area in South America held vast amounts of gold. He led a voyage in 1531, in searach of this gold, but did not find any. A year later, Pizarro led a second voyage to find the gold he sought out for. With an army of 170 men, Pizarro stumbled upon the Incan civilization and brutally conquered the tribe, capturing their leader, Atahualpa, and taking