Andrew Gen
Ms. Chitnis, Room 300

 Pizarro 

Hello, my name is Pizarro. I’m not a very nice person, and I’m going to tell you why. It all started in 1510 in Spain, which is in Europe. I sailed southwest on the Atlantic Ocean heading towards Panama, which is in North America. I got permission from the governor of Panama to do some expeditions. On the first expedition I went down the coast of Columbia, which is in South America. I went to the San Juan River before I turned back. On the second expedition, I went farther down the coast into Peru until I got to the Santa River. I brought back gold, cloth and llamas. I tried to get permission from the governor of Panama for another expedition, but he wouldn’t let me. So I went back to Spain and got permission from the King. Then my partner and I went back to Peru and captured the Incan King. We demanded that the Incan people give us gold and silver or we would kill the Incan King. When they gave us the gold and silver, I killed the king anyway. Later on, my partner and I got into a fight and I killed him too.

 The purpose of my expeditions was to get rich. I had a poor childhood. I used to take care of pigs when I was a kid. So I wanted to become rich when I grew up. Spain was the country that sent me. They sent me because they wanted more land.

The outcome of the expeditions was that I became the governor of Peru. The Incan civilization does not exist anymore because I destroyed their civilization when I captured Cuzco, the Incan capitol. I helped discover the Pacific Ocean with Balboa. And I founded the city of Lima, Peru.

History should remember me because I helped Spain take over and explore the west coast of South America. I destroyed a great civilization. The Incan civilization had cities, temples and religion, art, farming, transportation, education and government. And I destroyed all of that. And that’s why I think history should remember me.

Bibliography

 Funk and Wagnals Encyclopedia. FunkandWagnals.com. http://www.funkandwagnals.com

 The World Book Encyclopedia, Volume 10, Chicago, Field Enterprise Educational Corporation, 1974.