By Catharine Hamm | Los Angeles Times Travel Editor
39. The conquistadors played a huge role in Peru, of course. Led by Francisco Pizaro, they claimed the land for Spain in the 1500s.
The Pizaro brothers Francisco, Gonzalo, Juan and Hernando all played a major part in the capture of Peru and its early colonial days. Gonzalo, Juan and Hernando would rule Cusco as a dictatorship fueled by greed, corruption and brutality torturing and executing those who refused the Spanish rule. While Francisco went on to explore the west and northern coast of Peru and found Lima where he was murdered by supporters of co-conquistador Diego de Almagro.
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