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Diego de Almagro
For the city in Chile, see Diego de Almagro, Chile.
Diego de Almagro , 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.
First years
Diego de Almagro was born in the Spanish city signified by his ...
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