Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru

by Frederick A. Ober and Frederick Albion Ober

Book Overview

This is a biography of one of Spain's most notorious explorers and conquistadores, Francisco Pizarro. Naturally, as one of the best known conquistadors, Francisco Pizarro (1471/6-1541) is also one of the most controversial. Like Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortes before him, Pizarro was celebrated in Europe for subduing the Inca Empire, a culture that fascinated his contemporaries. At the same time, naturally, indigenous views of the man have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503341127
• ISBN13: 9781503341128
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"