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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.”24:16Report a misattribution
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