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"For a moment there, I thought you'd stumbled onto the lost treasure of the Incas. You know, the one that Pizarro, in his arrogance, lost."
"Pizarro? Those Spaniards! Always losing their treasure. What I'd like to lay my hands on would be the Treasure of Cortés.
"
Jack Sparrow and Christophe-Julien de Rapièr[src]

Francisco Pizarro, born within the 1470s, was a conquistador active during the early 1500s. Born in Spain to a poor family and the second cousin, once removed, to Hernán Cortés, Pizarro chose to pursue fortune and adventure in the New World. Pizarro traveled through much of the Pacific, his conquests reached South America, where he undertook several expeditions to Peru. He "discovered" the Incan empire and conquered it brutally and quickly, stealing immense hoards of gold, silver, and other treasures.

Pizarro would be a matter of discussion during at least two points of Captain Jack Sparrow's life, one of which the infamous pirate admitted to the wenches Scarlett and Giselle that he "loved his pies."

Biography[]

Early life[]

Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Cáceres, Spain. His date of birth is uncertain, but it is believed to be sometime within the 1470s. He was the illegitimate son of infantry colonel Gonzalo Pizarro (1446–1522) and Francisca González, a woman of poor means. Through his father, Francisco was a second cousin, once removed, of Hernán Cortés.

Conquistador[]

Career and death[]

Among his conquests, Pizarro journeyed from Spain to the New World on several expeditions, including sailing to Cartagena and became magistrate of the recently founded Panama City from 1519 to 1523. 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.

Legacy[]

Captain Jack Sparrow[]

"By the way, no, I've never actually met Pizarro but I love his pies."
Jack Sparrow to Scarlett and Giselle[src]

Pizarro would be a matter of discussion during at least two points of Captain Jack Sparrow's life. First, during a conversation with Christophe-Julien de Rapièr, Jack brought up the lost treasure of the Incas Pizarro lost.[1] The second time Jack claimed to have met Pizarro to the wenches Scarlett and Giselle. However, after Hector Barbossa stole the Black Pearl a second time, under circumstances that could only be described as mutiny, Jack admitted to the wenches that he never met Pizarro, but "loved his pies."[2]

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