Historical Figure
Atahualpa
1502–1533
Last Inca Emperor (ruled 1532–1533)
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Biography
Atawallpa, also Atahualpa or Ataw Wallpa, whose regnal name was Caccha Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui Inca, was the last effective Inca emperor, reigning from April 1532 until his capture and execution in July of the following year, as part of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
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The story of Atahualpa, told in moments.
Born around 1502, son of the Inca emperor Huayna Capac. Raised in Quito in the northern part of the empire. His father and the designated heir both died of smallpox around 1525, likely from a disease that arrived with Spanish ships before any Spaniard reached the Inca heartland.
Won a civil war against his half-brother Huascar and became the last Inca emperor. The war had killed hundreds of thousands. His army was still celebrating when the Spanish arrived.
Captured by Francisco Pizarro at Cajamarca. Pizarro had 168 soldiers. Atahualpa had an army of 80,000 but came to the meeting unarmed. The Spanish killed between 2,000 and 6,000 of his attendants in less than an hour.
Executed by garrote in Cajamarca. He'd filled a room 22 feet long and 17 feet wide with gold as ransom. Pizarro took the gold and killed him anyway.
Artifacts (12)
Calceolaria atahualpae Kraenzl. subsp. atahualpae
83 - Western South America
Calceolaria atahualpae Kraenzl. subsp. atahualpae
83 - Western South America
Calceolaria atahualpae Kraenzl. subsp. atahualpae
83 - Western South America
Calceolaria atahualpae Kraenzl. subsp. atahualpae
83 - Western South America
Calceolaria atahualpae Kraenzl. subsp. atahualpae
83 - Western South America
Calceolaria atahualpae Kraenzl. subsp. atahualpae
83 - Western South America
Calceolaria atahualpae Kraenzl. subsp. atahualpae
83 - Western South America
Calceolaria atahualpae Kraenzl. subsp. atahualpae
83 - Western South America
Calceolaria atahualpae Kraenzl. subsp. atahualpae
83 - Western South America
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