Francisco Pizarro - The Man who Conquered the Inca Empire

With the fifteenth century began the age of exploration, colonization and conquests. The Spaniards took the lead in this.Many travellers brought back stories from South America.of a land of riches called EI Dorado. It was to find this land that Francisco Pizzaro travelled to South America. There he and his men called Conquistadors (Conquerers) indeed found and took the riches of the Inca Empire. He and his men were the cause of the downfall of the Incas. Pizaaro also founded the city of Lima. Today the capital of Peru.