pizarro, francisco

Traces the history of the Spanish conquest of the Incas in Peru, showing how they explored and then took over native cultures, creating Spanish colonies in the New World.

Examines the life of Francisco Pizarro and his conquest of the Incan civilization.

Describes the world of the Incas and how it was changed forever when the Spanish expedition under Pizarro conquered Peru.

Describes the conquest of Peru by Francisco Pizarro and the subsequent effects of Spanish rule upon the existing Indian culture.

Examines the life and career of Francisco Pizarro, discussing his early life in fifteenth-century Spain, his military career, and his violent encounters with the Incas in pursuit of riches.

Tells the life story of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Franciso Pizarro, describes the culture of the Incas, and chronicles the conquest of their empire, also providing a chronology, glossary, and further resource list.

Describes the journey through the Amazon Basin made by Orellana and Pizarro in the early sixteenth century. Also discusses the Inca and the conquest of South America by the Spanish.

A biography of the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer who led the 1532 expedition into the Inca empire.

An introduction to the life of Spanish explorer and soldier, Francisco Pizarro, and his conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru.

Describes the life and career of the Spanish soldier famed as the conqueror of the Inca Empire of Peru.