Francisco Pizarro vs Juan Sebastián Elcano
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Compare the life timelines of Francisco Pizarro (1478–1541) and Juan Sebastián Elcano (1487–1526) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 39 years, from 1487 to 1526.
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Francisco Pizarro (1478–1541)
- — Born in Trujillo, Castile Verified
- — Sailed to the New World Verified
- — Accompanied Balboa on the expedition that sighted the Pacific Verified
- — Led his first expedition toward Peru Verified
- — Second expedition reached the Inca town of Tumbes Verified
- — Granted the Capitulación de Toledo to conquer Peru Verified
- — Captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa at Cajamarca Verified
- — Entered and occupied Cusco, capital of the Inca Empire Verified
- — Founded the city of Lima Verified
- — Assassinated in Lima Verified
Juan Sebastián Elcano (1487–1526)
- — Born in Getaria, in the Basque Country of Spain Verified
- — Worked as a ship owner and fought in Mediterranean campaigns
- — Joined Magellan's expedition as master of the Concepción Verified
- — Took part in the mutiny at San Julián and was pardoned Verified
- — Passed through the Strait of Magellan into the Pacific Verified
- — Took command of the Victoria after Magellan's death Verified
- — Completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth Verified
- — Granted a coat of arms with the motto 'Primus circumdedisti me' Verified
- — Joined the Loaísa expedition to the Moluccas as second-in-command Verified
- — Died at sea in the Pacific Ocean Verified