Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of PeruFunk & Wagnalls Company, 1931 - 173 pages |
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Page 16
... succeeded in scaling the highest peak in the range of mountains that lay across their path - and there , to the westward , stretched before them the glittering goal of their desire , in its measureless tranquillity symbol of eter- nal ...
... succeeded in scaling the highest peak in the range of mountains that lay across their path - and there , to the westward , stretched before them the glittering goal of their desire , in its measureless tranquillity symbol of eter- nal ...
Page 104
... succeeded nevertheless in tearing from Atahualpa's forehead the sacred borla , and with this trophy retired in triumph , leaving the dazed monarch in the hands of Pizarro , who , not wishing to humiliate him , treated the Inca with ...
... succeeded nevertheless in tearing from Atahualpa's forehead the sacred borla , and with this trophy retired in triumph , leaving the dazed monarch in the hands of Pizarro , who , not wishing to humiliate him , treated the Inca with ...
Page 129
... succeeded in clearing the road for Pizarro . It proved a wearisome march , for to the continuous at- tacks of the Indians was added the physical discomfort caused by transporting an army over the high altitudes 129 CROWNING AN INCA.
... succeeded in clearing the road for Pizarro . It proved a wearisome march , for to the continuous at- tacks of the Indians was added the physical discomfort caused by transporting an army over the high altitudes 129 CROWNING AN INCA.
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CHAPTER | 7 |
IIFROM SWineherd to CaptainGENERAL | 24 |
IIITHE Land of the SUN | 53 |
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Acla adventure Almagro altho amazing America army Atahualpa Aztecs Bachiller Enciso Balboa booty brigantines brother brought Cacique Cajamarca Careta Charles Chile coast of Darien colonists colony command Comogre conquer conqueror conquest of Peru cordilleras Cortez Cuzco death discovered discovery and conquest Ecuador encountered enemy Estremaduran expedition exploration Father Luque followers forced fortress fortune Francisco Pizarro friends gold Gonzalo Gonzalo Pizarro governor hand Hernando Hernando De Soto Hispaniola Huascar Huayna Capac hundred hunger Inca Manco Inca's Indians island Isthmus Juan Juan Pizarro King land Lima llamas Manco Capac ment messengers Mexico monarch mountains nando natives ocean Pacific partners Pedrarias Pedro Peruvians pire Pizarro brothers Pizarro sailed plaza promise Quito ransom reached return to Panama royal Ruiz seemed sent ship shores soldiers Soto southern empire southward Spain Spaniards Spanish succeeded tion tively Toparca treasure tribes Tumbez ture Valverde Vasco Nuñez venture vian wealth westward zarro