Talk:Francisco Pizarro
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Pizarro landed at San Mateo Bay in 1532. After traveling through desert and snow-capped mountains, Pizarro and his men (who included Hernando de Soto) arrived at Cajamarca (in 1533), where they captured Atahuallpa, the 13th and last emperor of the Incas. Atahuallpa had just won a civil war against his half-brother (Huáscar), and had executed Huáscar and his family. Atahuallpa had invited Pizarro to a celebratory feast, thinking that the Spanish were not much of a threat. Pizarro ambushed Atahuallpa and killed thousands of his men. Atahuallpa offered a huge ransom for his own release, but Pizarro took the treasure and had Atahuallpa strangled on Aug. 29, 1533; this was the end of the Incan empire. After looting and generally destroying the Incan capital of Cusco, Pizarro founded Lima (which he called Ciudad de los Reyes, which means "City of the Kings"). Pizarro was assassinated in Lima, Peru, in 1541, by followers of Pedro de Almagro (Cortes' captain) who wanted to seize Lima for its riches.
[edit] 1531 or 1532
There have been several reverts about the date of arrival in Ecuador. this site seems to put the date at 1532. Does anyone have different information? --Hansnesse 18:16, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pizzaro's death
If Pizzaro was alone when he died, how is it known that he cried for Jesus Christ? It reminds me of that riddle of if a tree falls down in a forest and nobody's around to hear it. 85.18.136.64 14:42, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
I reverted some obvious vandalism but there have been so many anonymous edits,many vandalistic and many also self reverted that I don't know how much misinformation may still be in the article. What is the correct spelling of Francisco's father's first name for instance? It was changed from Gonzalan to Gonzalo recently. - Dan D. Ric 23:00, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Incomplete
This article, while informative, leaves out substantial information. There is no mention of the introduction of western microbes into Incan society, especially variola (smallpox). Whether the Spanish intended to spread the disease or not, it spread through native populations weakening their population bases and killing several key Incan figures. There is also a substantial amount missing in regards to Pizarro's encounters with Atahuallpa. There is little regards to Incan versions of the encounter either. It is noted by historians that the Spanish violated traditional Andean diplomacy ceremonies. In the encounter with the friar Valverde, the Spanish unceremoniously fired upon an unarmed entourage, demonstrating a clear sense of disregard for any peaceful negotiations. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.226.160.106 (talk • contribs) 08:10, August 14, 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Tons of POV and lack of revision
There is lots of POV specialy in the section about the conquest of Peru such as
The conquest was a gruesome one filled with bloodshed, plunder, savagery, and untold Spanish atrocities leaving a shameful mark on Pizarro's reputation. It was later found, according to Michael Wood, that several Spanish men had raped Indian women, including Pizarro who violated the wife of Manco Inca.
There is no point negating extreme violence but those asessments are clearly POV and thus I have erased them.
There are also lots of names of people, studies and media that should be in the reference section and not on the main text.
- Be bold!!! --Victor12 21:44, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cortez
I removed the line stating about Cortez and his conquest of the Aztec empire. I believe such information is more relevant in his own article. --Dynamax 15:51, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Pizarro's sculptures
The information about the equestrian sculptures of Pizarro is highly inaccurate. In the spanish wiki there is a lot of information (references included) about this issue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elemaki (talk • contribs) 10:46, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] mistake
izarro's general Ruminahui is thought to have buried much of the remaning gold upon hearing that Pizarro was executed, thus creating the legend of The Treasure of the Llanganatis
should be Atahualpa —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.0.36.69 (talk) 04:58, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
