Definition of Francisco pizarro

1. Noun. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541).

Exact synonyms: Pizarro
Generic synonyms: Conquistador

Lexicographical Neighbors of Francisco Pizarro

Francis Richard Stockton
Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Francis Turner Palgrave
Franciscan
Franciscan order
Franciscans
Francisco Fernandez Cordoba
Francisco Fernandez de Cordova
Francisco Franco
Francisco Goya
Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros
Francisco Jose de Goya
Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Villa
Francisco de Goya
Francisella novicida
Francization
Franck
Francke's needle
Franco
Franco-
Franco-American
Franco-Manitoban
Franco-Manitobans
Franco-Provençal
Franco-Prussian
Franco-Prussian War

Literary usage of Francisco pizarro

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Peru by William Hickling Prescott (1900)
"That man was francisco pizarro;- and, as he held the same conspicuous post in ... francisco pizarro was born at Truxillo, a city of Estre- madura, in Spain. ..."

2. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"As the mother of Cortes was a Pizarro, it has been supposed that there was relationship between the two families. francisco pizarro, whose mother was ..."

3. History of Central America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"WHEN Alonso de Ojeda left San Sebastian for Espanola, he stipulated with Francisco Pizarro, who for the time was commissioned governor, that should neither ..."

4. A History of Peru by Clements Robert Markham (1892)
"francisco pizarro was a son of Estremadura, born out of wedlock, and both he and his father Gonzalo had fought in the ranks of the renowned Spanish infantry ..."

5. List of Members by Hakluyt Society, Galpin Society (1903)
"I. Report of Francisco de Xeres, Secretary to francisco pizarro. II. Report of Miguel de Astete on the Expedition to Pachacamac. III. ..."

6. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Edward Gaylord Bourne, James Alexander Robertson, Emma Helen Blair (1906)
"The bishop of Nueva Segovia, Don francisco pizarro. Received on May 19, 1685, by the hand of Diego Altamirano, procurator of the Society. ..."

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