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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