A Spanish postal stamp featuring Orellana

Francisco de Orellana (c1500-c1549) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. Image File history File links Francisco_de_orellana_stamp. ... Image File history File links Francisco_de_orellana_stamp. ... This 1974 stamp from Japan depicts a Class 8620 steam locomotive. ... // Events Europes population was ~60 million. ... Events July - Ketts Rebellion Francis Xavier arrives in Japan. ... See also explorations, sea explorers, astronaut, conquistador, travelogue, the History of Science and Technology and Biography. ... Conquistador (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who achieved the Conquista (this Spanish term is generally accepted by historians), i. ...

Orellana took part in the Spanish conquest of Peru with Francisco Pizarro, and was one of Gonzalo Pizarro's lieutenants during Gonzalos's 1541 expedition east of Quito into the South American interior in search of El Dorado. There lies Peru with its riches; Here, Panama and its poverty. ... Francisco Pizarro ( 1475–June 26, 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Inca Empire and founder of the city of Lima, the modern-day capital of Peru. ... Gonzalo Pizarro (b. ... Events The first official translation of the entire Bible in Swedish February 12 - Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... El Dorado (Spanish for the gilded one), a legend that began with the story of a South American tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust. ...

In December 1541, at what is today the Napo River, Orellana's ship was separated from the main force. In one of the most improbably successful voyages in known history, Orellana managed to sail the length of the Amazon River, arriving at the river's mouth in August 1542. The Napo is a tributary to the Amazon River that rises in Ecuador on the flanks of the volcanoes of Antisana, Sincholagua and Cotopaxi. ... Length >6,400 km Elevation of the source 5,597 m Average discharge 219,000 m³/s Area watershed 6,915,000 km² Origin  Nevado Mismi Mouth  Atlantic Ocean Basin countries Brazil (62. ... The Murray River in Australia. ... Events War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England is allied to the Emperor, while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French. ...

It was on this voyage that the Amazon got its name; Orellana wrote that he was attacked by fierce female warriors, but it is possible that he actually fought long haired male Amerindian warriors. Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ...

Orellana died on a subsequent voyage down the Amazon.

The present-day Ecuadorian province of Orellana was named after him. Orellana is a province of Ecuador. ...

Reference

• Explorers of the Amazon, Anthony Smith ISBN 0670813109