Atlas of Hispanic-American History

pox. This one had killed the Inca emper-
or Huayna Capac in 1525, opening the
door to a power struggle between two of

his sons, Huáscar, the favorite of the

court elite, and Atahualpa, whose armies

controlled the newly conquered regions

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Pizarro Explores the New World, 1524–1533