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[–]Girondin 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They grew up in Extremadura, which was the poorest region in spain (which is also still the poorest), it is land-locked and mountainous.

Nearly all of them come from there (Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, Gonzalo Pizarro, Juan Pizarro, Hernando Pizarro, Hernando de Soto, Andres Tapia, Pedro de Alvarado, Pedro de Valdivia, Inés Suárez, Alonso de Sotomayor, Francisco de Orellana, Pedro Gómez Duran y Chaves, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa).

They went looking for wealth and adventure. Similar somewhat to how the US army has a disproprotionate amount of west virignians and southerners.

[–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Francisco Pizarro

One of the most badass men in history