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Pizarro's Expedition to Peru
In 1524, Francisco Pizarro set out from Panama with a fleet sailing south along the Pacific coast of South America, making the first systematic explo…
Timeline
- 1524Panama City · PanamaPizarro assembled ships and men in Panama, relying on the funding and authorization obtained through the earlier partnership agreement, and set sail south with the expedition to explore the rumored wealthy land of "Biru."
- 1524Pacific coast of present-day Ecuador and Colombia · Northwestern South AmericaThe fleet reached the coast north of present-day Ecuador, encountering supply difficulties and indigenous resistance; unable to continue south into the Inca Empire's frontier, they confirmed the existence of a highly civilized society and signs of trade to the south, and the expedition returned to Panama to regroup.
Sources
- Prescott, William H. History of the Conquest of Peru — William Hickling Prescott (1847)
- Encyclopaedia Britannica: Francisco Pizarro https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Pizarro