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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Diego de Almagro, Albrecht Altdorfer, Hans Durer, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury, John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford, Germaine of Foix, Karni Mata, Joan Vaux, Lady Guildford, Henry III of Nassau-Breda, Anthony Fitzherbert, Olav Engelbrektsson, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, John Hilsey, Askia Mohammad I, Elena Glinskaya, Thomas Barrie, Mary of Bourbon, William Coffin, Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy, Hans Brask, Edward Foxe, Edward Neville, Maistre Jhan, Esteban Gomez, Andrea Gritti, Charles, Duke of Guelders, James Hay, John Forest, John Mundy, Filippo Strozzi the Younger, Giovanni Filoteo Achillini, John Lambert, Marino Caracciolo, Pierre Gringoire, Erard de La Marck, Hans Buchner, Alonso Manrique de Lara, Fadrique Enriquez, Vitellozzo Cardinal Vitelli, Alexander MacDonald, 5th of Dunnyveg, Symphorien Champier, Pierre Robert Olivetan, Giorgio Gandini del Grano, Zhang Lu, Thomas Starkey, Rodrigo Orgonez, John van Campen, John Barnewall, 3rd Baron Trimlestown, Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baron Conyers, Aodh O Flaithbheartaigh, Aefgen Listincx, Leon Pancaldo, Adrianus Barlandus, Akechi Mitsutsuna. Excerpt: Diego de Almagro, (c. 1475 - July 8, 1538), also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo (The Elder), was a Spanish conquistador and a companion and later rival of Francisco Pizarro. He participated in the Spanish conquest of Peru and is credited as the first European discoverer of Chile. Almagro lost his left eye battling with coastal natives in the New World. In 1525 he joined the Pizarro brothers and Hernando de Luque at Panama for the conquest of Peru. Diego de Almagro was born in the Spanish city signified by his last name, being the illegitimate son of Juan de Montenegro and Elvira Gutierrez. Almagro's parents had promised each other to g...
