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Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation | 11 | 11 | Browse | Search |
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Almagro, Diego de,
A Spanish conqueror of Peru, and principal associate of Pizarro; born about 1464.
Almagro, Pizarro, and a priest named Luque undertook the conquest of Peru, and effected it, with a small force, in 1533.
Almagro was appointed governor of what is now Chile in 1534, extending his conquests into that region in 1535.
He and Pizarro became bitter enemies.
He conquered Cuzeo, the ancient capital of Peru.
In a decisive battle near that place.
in 1538, Almagro was defeated, made prisoner, and put to death by order of Pizarro.
in July, 1538.
Almagro was profligate, perfidious, and cruel.
His barbarous treatment of the inca Atahualpa covered his name and fame with infamy.
The inca's son rallied men, who assassinated Pizarro, July 26, 1541, and these were excuted by order of the Viceroy of Peru in 1542.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bankruptcy laws, past and present. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cabrilla , Juan Rodriguez -1543 (search)
Cabrilla, Juan Rodriguez -1543
Portuguese navigator; born late in the fifteenth century; explored the Pacific coast as far as lat. 44° N., off the coast of Oregon, in 1542, under orders from the King of Spain, and discovered many of the islands, bays, and harbors with which we are now familiar.
This voyage, made in search of the Strait of America, which Alarcon had failed to find, was described by him under the title of Viaje y descubrimientos hasta el grado 43 De Latitud.
He died at San Bernardo, Cal., Jan. 3, 1543
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Coronado , Francisco Vasquez de 1510 -1542 (search)
Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de 1510-1542
Explorer; born in Salamanca, Spain, about 1510; set out in 1540, by command of Mendoza, viceroy of Mexico, from Culiacan, on the southeast coast of the Gulf of California, with 350 Spaniards and 800 Indians, to explore the country northward.
He followed the coast nearly to the head of the gulf, and then penetrated to the Gila, in the present Arizona Territory.
Following that stream to its head-waters, he crossed the great hills eastward, to the upper waters of the Rio Grande del Norte, which he followed to their sources.
Then, crossing the Rocky Mountains, he traversed the great desert northeastwardly to the present States of Colorado or Kansas, under lat. 40° N. In all that vast region he found little to tempt or reward a conquest—rugged mountains and plains and a few Indian vilages in some of the valleys.
He made quite an elaborate report, accompanying it with drawings of the cities and houses built by the Indians (see below). He die
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hart , Albert Bushnell 1854 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Roberval , Jean Francois de La Roqute , Sieur de 1500 - (search)
San Diego,
A city and county seat of San Diego county, Cal.; on San Diego Bay, which gives it importance as a port of entry, and ranks as the second bay on the Pacific coast for commercial purposes, San Francisco being the first.
Cabrillo discovered the bay in 1542, and Father Junifero Serra made the first settlement here when, in 1769, he established the mission of San Diego, the earliest of the celebrated California missions.
The present city was laid out on the magnificent water front in 1867.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)