While growing up, he never learned to read. He was the son of Gonzalo Pizarro and Francisca Gonzalez, both lived in poverty. Under Gonzalo Pizarro, the half-brother of Francisco Pizarro, the mission was to find gold, silver, and cinnamon. XIV August, 1934 No. Pizarro had previously undertaken two expeditions to try to conquer the more powerful Incas, but both had failed. Young Francisco did not received formal education, making him illiterate, instead he herded his father’s pigs. After the group reached the Napo River, Orellana and 50 other men were ordered to move ahead and look for supplies. Francisco Pizarro was the illegitimate son of an infantry colonel, Gonzalo Pizarro, born in the early 1470’s (Francisco’s exact birthdate is unknown.) Diego de Almagro, Discovery Chile > Diego de Almagro, also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo (The Elder), was a Spanish conquistador and a companion and later rival of Francisco Pizarro. Francisco de Orellana (1511–November 1546) was a Spanish conquistador, colonist, and explorer.He joined Gonzalo Pizarro's 1541 expedition that set out from Quito headed east, hoping to find the mythical city of El Dorado. Early life. Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish explorer and one of the conquistadors who invaded the indigenous kingdoms of Latin America in the 16th century. Peru - Peru - Discovery and exploration by Europeans: Spanish interest in the west coast of South America grew after Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513, but it was not until 1524 that Francisco Pizarro, aided by another soldier, Diego de Almagro, and a priest, Hernando de Luque, undertook explorations that led to the conquest of Peru. Pizarro accompanied Vasco Nunez de Balboa in his journey to the “South Sea” in 1513. The Hispanic American Historical Review Vol. He and Alonzo de Ojeda set out on a voyage to Uraba, Colombia in 1510. Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Spain around 1476. He led the conquest of the Peruvian Empire. Along the way, Orellana and Pizarro were separated. His parents, Captain Gonzalo Pizarro and Francisca Gonzalez, were poor. Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Cáceres, Spain (then in the Crown of Castile) in modern-day Extremadura, Spain.He was the illegitimate son of infantry colonel Gonzalo Pizarro (1446–1522) and Francisca González, a woman of poor means. He participated in the Spanish conquest of Peru and is credited as the first European discoverer of Chile. He helped Balboa discover the Pacific Ocean. Francisco was uneducated and illiterate, but this didn’t stop him from exploring and conquering the world like his distant cousin Hernán Cortés.