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Encyclopedia > Tupac Huallpa

Tupac Huallpa (? - October 1533) was a puppet Inca Emperor of the conquistadors during the Spanish conquest of Peru, led by Francisco Pizarro. He was the younger brother of Atahualpa and Huascar. After Atahualpa's death, the Spaniards appointed Tupac Huallpa as a puppet-Inca ruler and ensured he was crowned with great recognition and ceremony. All this was done to convince the natives that they were still being ruled by an Inca. Tupac Huallpa and his people did not know that the Spaniards were using him to take control of Peru and steal the gold treasures of his country. Sapa Inca is the title of the ruler of the Inca Empire. ... Conquistador (Spanish: []) (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas and Asia Pacific under Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 17th centuries, starting with the 1492 settlement established in the modern-day Bahamas... There lies Peru with its riches; Here, Panama and its poverty. ... Francisco Pizarro Francisco Pizarro (c. ... Atahuallpa, the 13th and last true (the last empereor being Tu Pac Sharu) Inca emperor Atahuallpa or Atawallpa (c. ... Alternate meaning: Huáscar (warship) Huascar, in full Inti Cusi Huallpa Huáscar (“Sun of Joy”) (died 1532). ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ... Treasure is a concentration of riches, often that which is considered lost or forgotten until being rediscovered. ...


Tupac Huallpa died of smallpox in Jauja in 1533 soon after he was crowned the Inca Emperor by Francisco Pizarro. He was succeeded by another brother, a member of a lower nobility class, named Manco Inca Yupanqui. Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) was a highly contagious viral disease unique to humans. ... Jauja is a town of 25,000 people in central Peru, capital of a province with a population of 105,000. ... Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ... Manco Inca Yupanqui (b. ...

Preceded by
Atahuallpa
Sapa Inca
1533
Succeeded by
Manco Inca Yupanqui

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Tupac Huallpa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (158 words)
Tupac Huallpa (?-1533) was a puppet Inca Emperor of the conquistadors during the Spanish conquest of Peru, led by Francisco Pizarro.
Tupac Huallpa and his people did not know that the Spaniards were using him to take control of Peru and steal the gold treasures of his country.
Tupac Huallpa died of small pox in Jauja in 1533 soon after he was crowned the Inca Emperor by Francisco Pizarro.
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