Gonzalo pizarro biography

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Biography of Gonzalo Pizarro

Location of birth:

Gonzalo Pizarro was born in in Trujillo (Cáceres – Spain)

Location of death:

Gonzalo Pizarro died on April 10, in Cuzco, Peru.

Positions held:

– Governor of Quito from to

– Lieutenant governor general of Cuzco in

– Governor of Peru from to

– Encomendero en Charcas (Alto Perú – presentBolivia)

Most relevant facts starring Gonzalo Pizarro:

– He arrived in Peru in by the hand of his older brother Francisco Pizarro participating in all the most important events of the conquest of Peru.

– He was one of the Spaniards besieged in the Cuzco in by Manco Inca.

– He organized in the expedition in search of the Country of Cinnamon in which Francisco de Orellana would discover the Rio Grande (Amazonas river) and travel it to its mouth.

Gonzalo had stayed in the Santa Ana River (Coca River) hoping that Orellana would come back with food and help.

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