Pizarro Francisco
Pi·zar·ro
(pĭ-zär′ō, pē-thär′ō, -sär′-), Francisco 1475?-1541. Spanish explorer and conqueror of the Inca Empire of Peru (1531-1533). He founded the city of Lima in 1535.
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