Francisco PizarroMany people, especially those living in present-day Peru, do not know who Francisco Pizarro is or what he did. He did many great and important things in life. He had a great impact in American history. He was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in his early days. He, along with a few of his men, managed to capture Atahualpa, emperor of the powerful Inca Empire, and conquered the Inca Empire in 1532. He was largely responsible for the expansion of Spanish rule in the western side of the south. America and also explored the Pacific coast of America. These are some of the things that make it important. Today, people are unsure whether Francisco Pizarro was born in early 1471 or late 1478 due to some confusion over his date of birth. He was born in Trujillo, Spain, a very poverty-stricken region. He was the illegitimate son of Gonzalo Pizarro, a farmer and nobleman who fought in the war in Italy, and was also the son of Francisca Gonzales. Early in his life, Francisco Pizarro lived with his mother where she worked as a maid in the Pizarro household. . Growing up, he was raised with almost no formal education, which meant he could not read or write and was an illiterate child. After finding that he had difficulty learning this, he decided to take care of his father's pigs and look after his father's animals in the fields. He heard many tall tales about the New World and was amazed at how these tales described that in the New World there was fortune and great wealth. After seeing that his father would not leave him any inheritance, since he was an illegitimate son, he decided to become a soldier, go to war and follow in his father's footsteps... middle of paper.... . . Francisco, died around the age of 18. His surviving daughter, Francisca, married her brother Hernando in 1552 and Hernando was then the last of the Pizarro brothers after Pizarro's death and he had wished to keep all the fortune in the family. since he was the only brother left. Pizarro is honored in Peru with a statue of him in Lima and even certain streets and businesses bear his name. The people of Peru all know who he was and what he did, but many people no longer know who he is and what he did for Peru. 5&sid=d4522563-ccce-4bd3-887c-2b3ecae52cfa@sessionmgr4002&hid=4102&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ==#db=lfh&AN=39007630 http://www.biography.com/people/francisco- piz ​​arro-9442295 http://latinamericanhistory.about . com/od/theconquistadors/a/Biographie-de-Francisco-Pizarro.htm