"Francisco Pizarro personifies the greed and callous inhumanity of the Spanish conquistadors who, in their quest for fame, money and empire, wantonly destroyed entire civilizations in the newly discovered lands of the Americas. Some went on to help rule this gold-rich empire, but many others lived the itinerant lifestyle of the military adventurer — ruthlessly exploiting native populations and extorting the wealth of the land to build vast private fortunes. Pizarro’s place in history is that of the man who destroyed the empire of the Incas and delivered much of the New World into Spanish hands."