Renaissance · South America · Exploration

1531

Pizarro Sails from Panama

1531

Francisco Pizarro set out from Panama with one hundred and eighty men, twenty-seven horses, and a license from Charles V to conquer an Andean kingdom whose name he could barely pronounce. The governor of Panama thought him a fool. Within three years he would be master of Cuzco. He carried the lessons of Cortes's conquest, including the crucial tactic of seizing the indigenous ruler as hostage.

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Before and after in South America

Before: 1527: Cabot's Son Sebastian Sails
After: November 16, 1532: Pizarro Ambushes Atahualpa

Before and after in Exploration

Before: 1528: Narvaez Expedition Lands in Florida
After: April 20, 1534: Cartier Enters the Saint Lawrence

Era

Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Francisco Pizarro