General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 5

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Excerpt from General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 5: Arranged in Systematic Order, Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, From the Earliest Ages to the Present TimeAs in the sequel of this history we shall have much to say respecting Gonzalo Pizarro and his lieutenant-general Fran cisco de Carvajal, it may be proper in this place to give a short account of the age, qualities, and characters of these two men, At this period, Gonzalo Pizarro was about forty years of age, large made' and tall, well proportioned, of a dark brown complexion, with a long black beard. He was well versant in military affairs and took great delight in war, of which he endured the labours and privations with much patient fortitude. He was an excellent horseman and though his genius was rather confined, and his language vulgar, he could express his sentiments with sufficient c earness. He was exceedingly remiss in keeping his secrets to himself, by which weakness he often suffered much prejudice in his affairs and military transactions. He was rather avaricious, and dis liked much to give away money, owing to which want of li berality his affairs frequently suffered material injury. He was exceedingly amorous, not confining himself like brother the marquis to the native women, but gave much of fence by his intrigues among the Spanish ladies in'peru.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.