Diego de Almagro

Diego de Almagro discovering Chile.

Almagro's Expedition to Chile.

Diego de Almagro lived from 1475 to 1538. He was a Spanish soldier and was very important in his country's conquest of Peru. Almagro was the first Spaniard that tryied to conquer Chile in 1535 where he was seeking gold, however he didn't found much and he didn't liked the place so he went back to Peru where he fought a civil war with other conquerors in Cuzco.

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Chilean Historic Characters

Arturo Prat • Augusto Pinochet • Bernardo O'Higgins • Diego de Almagro • Diego Portales • Gabriela Mistral • Jaime Guzmán • Miguel Krassnoff • Pablo Neruda • Pedro de Valdivia • Salvador Allende

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Famous Explorers

Adams • de Alarcon • de Almagro • Amundsen • Baffin • de Balboa • Barents • Barton • Ibn Battuta • Bering • Brule • J.Cabot • S.Cabot • Cabral • Cartier • Cavendish • de Champlain • Clark • Columbus • Cook • Diaz • Drake • de Elcano • Eric the Red • Erikson • Fiennes • Franklin • Frobisher • de Gama • Henry the Navigator • Hudson • Lewis • Livingstone • Magellan • Pike • Pizarro • Polo • Ponce de Leon • Post • Raleigh •Scott • Shackleton • Stanley • de Tonti • Vasquez de Coronado • da Verrazano • Vespucci • Zheng He