Vincente de Valverde
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Vicente de Valverde y Alvarez de Toledo, O.P., or Vincent de Valle Viridi was a Spanish Dominican friar who was involved in the Conquest of the Americas, later becoming the Bishop of Cuzco. He became
Valverde in a detail from The Battle of Cajamarca in the Monastery of Santo Domingo, Cuzco, Peru (17th century)
The First Interview Between the Spaniards and the Peruvians by Henry Perronet Briggs. The painting depicts the moments before the Battle of Cajamarca with Vincente de Valverde in the centre
Atahualpa
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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 Ju
Vincente de Valverde
…the initial staging base for the Spanish forces. Before the Battle of Caxamarca on 16 November 1532, Valverde endeavoured to obtain the Great Inca Atahuallpa's peaceful submission. When Atahuallpa rejected a pact of friendship with Pizarro, Friar Vicente joined in the conversation: “He came forward holding…
Atabalipa, King of Peru, 17th-century oil painting at the MuNa, Quito
"The execution of Atahualpa Inca in Cajamarca: they behead him", drawn in 1615 by the chronicler Guaman Poma
The bastard tyrant, Atahualpa, 18th-century painting by the Cuzco School (Brooklyn Museum)
The Inca coming to meet Pizarro