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Gonzalo Pizarro
Gonzalo Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador and younger half-brother of Francisco Pizarro. He took part in the conquest of the Inca Empire and led an expedition to the Amazon in 1541. In 1544 he led the encomenderos' revolt against the New Laws, killing Viceroy Blasco Núñez Vela in 1546, but was defeated by Pedro de la Gasca at Jaquijahuana in 1548 and executed.
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