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000330892 1001_ $$aMacQuarrie, Kim.
000330892 24514 $$aThe last days of the Incas /$$cKim MacQuarrie.
000330892 250__ $$a1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk ed.
000330892 260__ $$aNew York :$$bSimon & Schuster Paperbacks,$$c2008.
000330892 300__ $$axv, 522 p., [8] p. of plates :$$bill., maps ;$$c24 cm.
000330892 500__ $$aOriginally published: Simon & Schuster, 2007.
000330892 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 491-495) and index.
000330892 50500 $$tThe discovery --$$tA few hundred well-armed entrepreneurs --$$tSupernova of the Andes --$$tWhen empires collide --$$tA roomful of gold --$$tRequiem for a king --$$tThe puppet king --$$tPrelude to a rebellion --$$tThe great rebellion --$$tDeath in the Andes --$$tThe return of the one-eyed conqueror --$$tIn the realm of the Antis --$$tVilcabamba : guerrilla capital of the world --$$tThe last of the Pizarros --$$tThe Incas' last stand --$$tThe search for the "lost city" of the Incas --$$tVilcabamba rediscovered --$$gEpilogue :$$tMachu Picchu, Vilcabamba, and the search for the lost cities of the Andes.
000330892 520__ $$aIn 1532, the fifty-four year old Spanish conquistador, Francisco Pizarro, led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru. Unbeknownst to the Spaniards, the Inca rulers of Peru had just fought a bloody civil war in which the emperor Atahualpa had defeated his brother Huascar. Pizarro and his men soon clashed with Atahualpa and a huge force of Inca warriors at the Battle of Cajamarca. Despite being out-numbered by more than two hundred to one, the Spaniards prevailed due largely to their horses, their steel armor and swords, and their tactic of surprise. They captured and imprisoned Atahualpa. Although the Inca emperor paid an enormous ransom in gold, the Spaniards executed him anyway. The following year, the Spaniards seized the Inca capital of Cuzco, completing their conquest of the largest native empire the New World has ever known. Peru was now a Spanish colony, and the conquistadors were wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. But the Incas did not submit willingly. A young Inca emperor, the brother of Atahualpa, soon led a massive rebellion against the Spaniards, inflicting heavy casualties and nearly wiping out the conquerors. Eventually, however, Pizarro and his men forced the emperor to abandon the Andes and flee to the Amazon. There, he established a hidden capital, called Vilcabamba. Although the Incas fought a deadly, thirty-six year long guerrilla war, the Spanish ultimately captured the last Inca emperor and vanquished the native resistance. The author lived in Peru for five years and became fascinated by the Incas and the history of the Spanish conquest. Drawing on both native and Spanish chronicles, he vividly describes the dramatic story of the conquest, with all its savagery and suspense. He also relates the story of the modern search for Vilcabamba, of how Machu Picchu was discovered, and of how a trio of colorful American explorers only recently discovered the lost Inca capital of Vilcabamba, hidden for centuries in the Amazon. This authoritative, exciting history is among the most powerful and important accounts of the culture of the South American Indians and the Spanish Conquest.
000330892 651_0 $$aPeru$$xHistory$$yConquest, 1522-1548.
000330892 651_0 $$aVilcabamba Site (Peru)
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