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Atahualpa

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A·ta·hual·pa  (ät-wälp) also A·ta·ba·li·pa (-bäl-pä) 1502?-1533.
Last independent Incan emperor (1532-1533), who defeated his half-brother Huáscar (1532) and briefly reunited the empire after years of civil war. He was captured by the Spaniards, convicted of plotting against Pizarro, and executed by garrote despite his agreement to a vast ransom.


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For many of the local peasants, Yanacocha evokes a tale of treachery any Peruvian schoolchild can recite: In 1532, the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captured the last Inca emperor, Atahualpa.
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A classic example of the former is James Lockhart's Men of Cajamarca, which tracked both the peninsular origins and American destinies of the 168 Spaniards who participated in the capture of the Inca Atahualpa in 1532.
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