RHETOR 151 Lecture 17: R151 Lecture 18 04.04.2017
5 Apr 2017
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Needed to leave but too many men and too few ships. Pizarro teams up with balboa, plots their escape and found a new city called darien. Pedro arias davila in 1514 becomes governor - keeps an eye on balboa because you do not trust a conquistador) Ruiz finds a trading raft (a lucrative trade) Pizarro send almagro back with the gold in order to subdue davila, also sends. Pizarro declared as a bastard > draws a line in the sand - appeals to the desire to become rich by traveling to peru instead of staying in panama and its poverty. Reluctant agreement of peru - only 6 months. 18 months after - give them up for dead. 1528 pizarro goes to court > rejected cannot support any more expeditions > Pizarro sails to spain, bringing captives, llamas, gold, in order to persuade the king deathbed. Set out for peru on jan 1531 with 180 men and 27 horses.
