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Atahualpa's mother was Tocto Coca, of the Hatun Ayllu lineage. He personally consulted the Cusco nobles, with whom Atahualpa had a good relationship. Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539–1616) Quito Atahualpa's mother was the crown princess of the Kingdom of Quito, and Atahualpa was born there. The historical accuracy of his work is questioned.
The Battle of Cajamarca, also spelled Cajamalca [4] [5] (though many contemporary scholars prefer to call it the Massacre of Cajamarca), [6] [7] [8] was the ambush and seizure of the Incan ruler Atahualpa by a small Spanish force led by Francisco Pizarro, on November 16, 1532.
Atahualpa also offered to twice fill a smaller room with silver, asking for two months to do so. [ 2 ] : 183–184 The total collection of the gold, after being melted down into standard ingots, and before division amongst the Spaniards, amounted to 1,326,539 pesos de oro , worth 15,500,000 in 1847 U.S. dollars.
Chalkuchímac, Inca general and companion of Atahualpa Chalcuchima (originally written Challcochima or Challcuchima, also called Chalcuchímac, Calcuchímac or Challkuchimaq in modern sources; born in the latter part of the 15th century; died Cajamarca, Peru, 1533) was, along with Quizquiz and Rumiñawi one of the leading Inca generals of the north and a supporter of Atahualpa, for whom he had ...
The Funerals of Inca Atahualpa (Spanish: Los funerales de Atahualpa) is an academic painting by Luis Montero Cáceres that depicts the funeral of the Inca Atahualpa based on the descriptions of William H. Prescott. It was commissioned by the Peruvian government for the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris. [1]
After the victory at Chimborazo, Atahualpa stopped in Cajamarca as his generals followed Huáscar to the south. The second confrontation took place at Quipaipán , where Huáscar was again defeated, his army disbanded, Huáscar himself captured [ 3 ] : 146–149 and - save for the intervention of Pizarro - the entire Inca empire nearly fallen ...
Accounts of the amount of gold involved varies in different versions of the legend, but all agree that on the news of Atahualpa's death, he sent the porters East to areas that are to the present day uninhabited and later returned to Quito and hauled more treasures, including tiles of the temple of the Sun and possessions of the ñustas (temple ...
Jacinto Collahuazo (born circa 1670; lived past the age of 80, but exact date of death is unknown) was a cacique of Otavalo, Ecuador.He was a Quichuan poet and historian. [1] [2] He was imprisoned by the Spanish for writing a book in Quechua about the war between Huascar and Atahualpa titled History of the civil wars of Atahualpa and his brother Atoco, known commonly as Huascar Inca.