THE SPANISH CONQUEST OF THE INCAS
Kuvakäsikirjoitus Teksti
- Francisco Pizzaro
- San Miguel
- Political Affairs of the Incas
- In 1530 , Francisco Pizzaro along with 180 men and 27 horses set off to Tumbes , almost a year later , they stole everything in the city. The wealth was sent back to Panama and this convinced the settlers there to join Pizzaro's army.
- Spanish Attempt
- Hernando de Soto , a conquistador joined Pizzaro . With this reinforcement Pizzaro continued further south where he established the town of San Miguel , which had a good harbor and was a base for his future operations.
- Spanish Attempts
- In 1527, a powerful Incan Emperor , Huayna Capac who ruled for 34 years had died. Due to this , for the first time the kingdom was divided between his two sons : Huascar and Atahualpa. Huascar claimed most of the imperial lands including the capital, Cuzco while Atahualpa received the northern part of the empire which included: Quito
- Conclusion
- Pizzaro set out from San Miguel to Cajamarca to find the Incas. He progressed with 62 horsemen and 106 soldiers . They were met with hospitality and friendliness , everywhere they went . Atahualpa knew their every single move and sent messengers to them with gifts. Pizzaro sent messengers to Atahualpa to invite him to dine at Cajamarca. He accepted and when he arrived there was not a Spaniard in site.
- Atahualpa was falsely accused of treason and was sentenced to be strangled and his body was burnt. Pizzaro hesitantly agreed to his death and then regretted the evil deed involved in the conquest. Pizzaro then moved on occupy Cuzco which was in the highlands and in 1535 he founded Lima in the lowlands.He was falsely accused of tre ason and was sentenced to be strangled and his body burn
- It took the Spanish government 40 years to re-establish peaceful and orderly government in the court. They cleared out the Inca empire of any gold, silver and jewels that they could find. That lead them to becoming greedy and they began fighting against each other. Almagro was strangled in 1538, Pizzaro was murdered in 1541 and his brother was beheaded in 1548. The Spanish influence had extended in Quito,Bogota and Santiago de Chile.
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