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Francisco Pizarro secured funding for manned ships and traveled south along the western coast of South America, crossing the equator and reaching present-day Peru.
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“He finds the funding for manned ships and begins pushing south down the west coast of South America,”
“crossing the equator and finally arriving in what is now modern day Peru.”Play from 24:16Report a misattribution
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