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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 5 5 Browse Search
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation 2 2 Browse Search
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) 2 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers 2 2 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 1 1 Browse Search
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Almagro, Diego de, (search)
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), United States of America. (search)
e 30, 1520 Magellan discovers the straits which bear his name, and passes into the Pacific Ocean......Oct. 21–Nov. 27, 1520 Cortez accomplishes the conquest of Mexico......1521 Pizarro sails from Panama for Peru, but returns for supplies and repairs......Nov. 14, 1524 Francis de Hoces, in command of one of the ships of Loyasas, discovers Cape Horn......1525 Narvaez's expedition to the upper Gulf of California......1527 Pizarro enters Peru and destroys the government......1531-33 Jacques Cartier enters the Gulf of St. Lawrence and sails to the present site of Montreal......1534-35 Ferdinand de Grijalva's expedition equipped by Cortez, discovers California......1534 Antonio de Mendoza appointed viceroy of Mexico, the first in the New World......1535-50 Francisco Orellana explores eastward from Peru, down the Amazon, reaching the ocean (voyage of seven months)......August, 1541 Don Pedro de Valdivia invades and conquers Chile......1541 Cortez returns to