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Atahualpa

Person People
Atabalipa Roy Du Peru (s. XVII), óleo sobre lienzo. Anónimo. MuNa, Quito.
Ranoutofusername, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Where
Inca Empire
Culture
Inca Empire
Lived
1502-1533
Why they matter
The last Inca emperor.
Fate
Executed by Pizarro after paying a room full of gold.
Atahualpa
Unknown author, Public domain
Maps on lining papers "Bibliografia" : p. 539-542 "Catálogo de gobernadores de Puerto Rico" : Apéndice A. p. 509-522 Subjects:
Miller, Paul G. (Paul Gerard), 1875-1952, Public domain
Grabado de Theodor de Bry, siglo XVI, que representa el acarreo de oro y plata para el rescate del inca Atahualpa en Cajamarca.
Theodor de Bry (siglo XVI), Public domain
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Background

Atawallpa ( ), also Atahualpa or Ataw Wallpa (Classical Quechua: Ataw Wallpa, pronounced [ˈataw ˈwaʎpa]) (c. 1502 – 29 August 1533), whose regnal name was Caccha Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui Inca (from the caccha idol and to honour the emperor Pachacuti), was the last effective Inca emperor, reigning from April 1532 until his capture and execution in July-August of the following year, as part of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.

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