Editing Pedro de Alvarado (section)

==Peru==
By 1532, Alvarado's friendship with Hernán Cortés had soured, and he no longer trusted him. At this time Alvarado requested permission from the king for an expedition south along the Pacific coast, to conquer any lands there that had not already been claimed for the Crown, and specifically rejected that Cortés should accompany him.<ref name="GarcíaAñoveros87p248">García Añoveros 1987, p. 248.</ref> In 1534, Alvarado heard tales of the riches of [[Peru]], headed south to the [[Andes]] and attempted to bring the province of [[Quito]] under his rule.  When he arrived, he found the land already held by [[Francisco Pizarro]]'s  lieutenant [[Sebastián de Belalcázar]].  The two forces of Conquistadors almost came to battle; however, Alvarado bartered to Pizarro's group most of his ships, horses, and ammunition, plus most of his men, for a comparatively modest sum of money, and returned to Guatemala.<ref name=CEpedro/>{{Page needed|date=February 2015}}