Micaela Bastidas
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Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua was a pioneering indigenous leader against Spanish rule in South America, and a martyr for Peruvian independence. With her husband Túpac Amaru II, she led a rebellion agains
Stamp of Peru Micaela Bastidas
Virgen del Carmen with donors, also known as Túpac Amaru II and family.
Effigy of Micaela Bastidas in the Panteón de los Próceres in Lima
Túpac Amaru
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Túpac Amaru or Thupa Amaru was the last Sapa Inca of the Neo-Inca State, the final remaining independent part of the Inca Empire. He was executed by the Spanish following a months-long pursuit after t
Micaela Bastidas
…Lady of Purification in the city of Surimana. José Gabriel was a young mixed-race descendant of an important figure in Peruvian history, of the Inca Túpac Amaru I, executed by the Spanish in 1572. In 1764, he was named the cacique or kuraka of the territories corresponding with his legacy: Pampamarca, Tungasuca…
Túpac Amaru, the last Sapa Inca of Vilcabamba