Explorers

Christopher Columbus:

 * ===During the Renaissance people were learning lots of new thing about everything. But one thing that was very important is that people were planing voyages to different places, but none more important then the West Indies or the New World. ===
 * ===Christopher Columbus was an educated young man filled with adventure he was born August 22, 1451 in Genoa or present day Italy. ===
 * ===Columbus was a collage student studying law when he heard about the new world and dropped out to find a quicker route to the Indies. ===
 * ===He went to Spain and asked the King and Queen for eight years for funding until they finally gave him everything he needed for his trip. ===
 * ===He set sail on August 3, 1492 to the New World. After many months at sea his crew was tired and wanted to turn around and go home. ===
 * ===So he promised them that if he did not find land after 3 days they would turn around. ===
 * ===After three days he spotted an Island and named it San Salvador and after a couple more days he discovered Cuba but thought it was China. ===
 * ===A couple months later the Santa Maria wrecked near Haiti and Columbus build a fort and left 40 men to hunt for gold. ===
 * ===He returned to Spain on the Nina and the Pinta returned a little while later and he was declared a hero of Spain. ===
 * ===He later mad 3 more voyages to the New World and on his last one he was accompanied by his son. ===



Hernando Cortez:

 * ===Hernando Cortez was an important man when it came to shaping the new world. ===
 * ===He was a great explorer and a even greater leader and conquerer, having conquering and then collapsing the Aztec Empire. ===
 * ===Cortez was born in Medelin Spain 1485. He was born to his very wealthy parents who were not married but was actually raised by his poor relatives.Cortez was still very well educated having gone to school at the University of Salamance. ===
 * ===He attended school unitil 1501 when he dropped out and heard about the new world. ===
 * ===He left with Nicholas De Ovando and Diego Velaquez on an expodition to the New World. ===
 * ===Cortez being as smart as he was and helpful soider was chosen to go to Mexico and establish a colony with Velaquez. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">Cortez then came into contact with the locals, The Aztecs, who believed Cortez was a god named Quetzacotal, a god with light skin and a beard from the east. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">So the Aztec leader Motezuma welcom﻿ed Cortez and his people in to their city only to tricked by him and captured. Cortez made the Aztec people pay large somes of jewels and gold as ransome to get their leader back but when he was returned he was stoned to death for three days. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">Cortez when and deafeted the Aztec cities of Panfilo de Naravez and Tenochititlan and built Mexico City in place of which Tenochititlan once stood. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">He then returned to spain and was greatly honnored by King Charles. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">Cortez later returned to Mexico as a military commander an spent the a large portion of his time fighting off The Mayans and The Pirates of Algien ehile exploring the Baja Pennisula. Cortez died on 21/2/1547 in seville. ===

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Francisco Pizzaro:

 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">Pizzaro was born on 1478, in Trujillo Spain by the poorest relatives of his family even though his father was a royal captain of the navy. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">He left for Hispaniola in 1503 because it was the richest Spanish Port in the New World and his brother and father were already there. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">In 1509 Pizzaro started exploring the Caribbean Coast of South America. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">He was made Chief Lieutenant under Balboa, the explorer that discovered the Pacific Ocean. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;"> In 1519 the Spaniards founded Panama City and Pizzaro was one of the most powerful citizens. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">He also was known for discovering the Incas empire and conquered it brutally and quickly. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">Pizzaro stole and hoarded large amounts of gold and jewels from them. Pizzaro landed in Cajamarca in 1533 to capture the last of the Incan territories where Athaullapa, the 13th and last Incan Emperor was at. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">The Emperor had invited Pizzaro to a feast in honoring the victory over his brother and execution. But Pizzaro ambushed and killed thousands of his men while capturing him. ===
 * ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">The Emperor offered a huge ransom for his release but Pizzaro had him strangled and took the ransom ===