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''Los trece de la fama'', "the thirteen of the fame", or ''Los trece de Gallo'', "the thirteen of sla delGallo") were a group of 16th century Spanish
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conquistadors
Conquistadors (, ) or conquistadores (, ; meaning 'conquerors') were the explorer-soldiers of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires of the 15th and 16th centuries. During the Age of Discovery, conquistadors sailed beyond Europe to the Americas, O ...
that participated in the Spanish conquest of Peru
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire, also known as the Conquest of Peru, was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. After years of preliminary exploration and military skirmishes, 168 Spanish sol ...
(second expedition) along with their leader, Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess of the Atabillos (; ; – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of Peru.
Born in Trujillo, Spain to a poor family, Pizarro chose ...
. In 1527 Pizarro and his men were waiting on the Isla del Gallo, in bad conditions, when the supply ship returned from Panama, commanded by Juan Tafur
Juan Tafur (1500, Córdoba, Andalusia, Castile - ?, ?) was a Spanish conquistador who participated in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca people. He was a cousin of fellow conquistadors MartÃn Yañéz Tafur, Hernán Venegas Carrillo and Pedr ...
with orders from the Spanish governor to abandon the expedition. According to the traditional version of the story, Pizarro drew a line in the sand with his sword and said, "those on that side of the line can go back to Panama and be poor; those on this side can come to Peru and be rich. Let the good Castillian choose his path." In the traditional telling of the story, only thirteen men chose to stay with Pizarro.Hemming, J., 1970, The Conquest of the Incas, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.,
Historians have noted inconsistencies in reports of the identity of the Famous Thirteen, and have identified as many as nineteen candidates for the thirteen spots.Clements Robert Markham, ed., ''Reports on the discovery of Peru'' (Hakluyt Society, 1872)Excerpts available
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One list of names is as follows:
* Nicolás de Ribera "el Viejo", born in Olvera
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, AndalucÃa
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;
*Cristóbal de Peralta, hidalgo
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* Hidalgo (state), in central Mexico
* Hidalgo, Coahuila, a town in the north Mexican state of Coahuila
* Hidalgo, Nuevo Leà ...
of Baeza;Leon, P., 1998, The Discovery and Conquest of Peru, Chronicles of the New World Encounter, edited and translated by Cook and Cook, Durham: Duke University Press,
*Antón de Carrión, born in Carrión de los Condes
Carrión de los Condes () is a municipality in the province of Palencia, part of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León, Spain.
It is 40 kilometers from Palencia, on the French Way of the Way of Saint James.
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*Pedro de Candia,Prescott, W.H., 2011, The History of the Conquest of Peru, Digireads.com Publishing, a Greek born in Heraklion, Candia, Crete;
*Domingo de Soraluce, or Soria Lucina, a Basque merchant from Vergara
*Francisco de Cuéllar, from Cuellar;
*Joan de la Torre y DÃaz Chacón, born in VillagarcÃa de la Torre de Extremadura, near Llerena;
*Pedro de Alcón, from Cazalla de la Sierra north of Seville;
*GarcÃa de Jeréz or Jaren, Utrera merchant
*Alonso de Briceño, born about 1506 in Benavente, Zamora, Benavente;
*Alonso de Molina, born in Úbeda;
*Gonzalo MartÃn de Trujillo, born in Trujillo, Spain, Trujillo;
*MartÃn de Paz.
Also, the "brave pilot" Bartolomé Ruiz.
Aftermath
The ''Capitulacion'' of 1529, made Ruiz Grand Pilot of the Southern Ocean, while Candia was placed at the head of artillery, and the remaining eleven "were created ''Hidalgo (nobility), hidalgos'' and ''cavalleros''.See also
* The Nine Worthies are known in Spanish as ''los nueve de la fama''.References
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