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Francisco de Orellana (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈθisko ðe oɾeˈʝana]; 1511 – November 1546) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador.In one of the most improbably successful voyages in known history, Orellana managed to sail the length of the Amazon, arriving at the river's mouth on 24 August 1542.
Orellana Expedition to Amazon river (1541–1542) Viceroyalty of Peru. Province of Quito; Hostile Amazonian peoples: Stalemate Discovery of the Amazon River until the Atlantic Ocean, but Spaniards retreat due to diseases (dying Francisco de Orellana). Start of catholic missions on Maynas. Spanish conquest and colonization of Argentina (1543–1593)
The city is named for Francisco de Orellana, who explored the confluence of the Coca River and the Napo River. It is believed that he set sail from the current location of the town eventually making his way into the Amazon River seeing the "Amazon" or tribes in which the women also fought. Eventually Francisco de Orellana made it to the Atlantic.
This expedition, which took place in 1561 (almost twenty years after that of Orellana), was the source of inspiration for the movie. Additionally, Carvajal is depicted as being killed by natives. However, the film included many situations and persons from the chronicle of Carvajal, which is to say, from the expedition of Orellana.
At the age of nearly seventy years he was made commander in 1514 by Ferdinand of the largest Spanish expedition. Francisco de Orellana and his men became the first Europeans to travel the entire length of the Amazon River in 1541–1542. Dávila sent Gil González Dávila to explore northward, and Pedro de Alvarado to explore Guatemala.
The first European to travel the length of the Amazon River was Francisco de Orellana in 1542. [36] The BBC documentary Unnatural Histories presents evidence that Francisco de Orellana, rather than exaggerating his claims as previously thought, was correct in his observations that an advanced civilization was flourishing along the Amazon in the ...
Gonzalo set about organising an expedition in Cusco; among those he recruited was Francisco de Orellana, a veteran of the conquest of the Inca and a dependable supporter of the Pizarro brothers. With 170 Spaniards and 3,000 Native Americans, Gonzalo marched to Quito in December 1540 and enlisted a further 220 Spaniards and 4,000 Native Americans.
River system: Amazon River ... This is the stream made famous by the expedition of the Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro. ... Francisco de Orellana 0 78 103,307.79 ...