HUÁSCAR

wäsˈkär, d. 1533, Inca of Peru; son of Huayna Capac. At his father's death (1525) he became emperor, but had to share the empire with his younger half brother, Atahualpa. Shortly before the beginning of the Spanish conquest under Francisco Pizarro, Atahualpa rebelled successfully and later secretly ordered Huáscar murdered.

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books on: HuAscar  - 124 results

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Ironclads at War: The Origin and Development of the Armored Warship, 1854-1891
Book by Jack Greene, Alessandro Massignani; Combined Publishing, 1998
Subjects: Armored Vessels--History--19th Century, Armored Vessels--United States--History--19th Century, Naval History, Modern--19th Century, United States--History, Naval--To 1900, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval Operations
...Copyright 1998 Combined Publishing "The Huascar Incident" Copyright Andrew Smith All...278 The Huascar Incident, 1877 281...Brook for assistance in researching the Huascar incident of 1877; Ms. Paola van der Meer...
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The Discovery and Conquest of Peru: Chronicles of the New World Encounter
Book by Pedro De León, Alexandra Parma Cook, Noble David Cook; Duke University Press, 1998
...escaped from the battle were col lected, Huascars captains made more exhortations, and a...there was another battle between them, and Huascar left Cuzco and was seized through deception...his ransom, and about the death of King Huascar 223...
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Naval Warfare, 1815-1914
Book by Lawrence Sondhaus; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Naval Art And Science--History--19th Century, Naval Art And Science--History--20th Century, Naval History, Modern--19th Century, Naval History, Modern--20th Century, Warships--History--19th Century, Warships--History--20th Century
...Battle of Lissa (20 July 1866) 95 Plate 5.1 HMS Amethyst (left background) and HMS Shah engage the Huascar in the Bay of Pacocha (29 May 1877) 116 Plate 5.2 French composite corvette Eclaireur (laid down 1874...
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The Ancient Civilizations of Peru
Book by John Alden Mason; Penguin Books, 1957
Subjects: Incas, Indians Of South America--Peru--Antiquities, Peru--Antiquities, Peru--Civilization--History
...largest of which is Huaraz. Nestling between the great Sierra Blanca and the Sierra Negra, it is looked down upon by majestic Huascaran 22,180 ft or 6761 m. . Through it flows the Huaraz River which, cutting through the Sierra Negra. and thenceforth known...
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The Hernando de Soto Expedition: History, Historiography, and "Discovery" in the Southeast
Book by Patricia Galloway; University of Nebraska Press, 1997
Subjects: Soto, Hernando De--Ca. 1500-1542, Southern States--Discovery And Exploration--Spanish--Historiography
...the rightful Inca, his half-brother Huascar, and taken him into custody; at that...Soto passed through the town where Huascar was being held by Atahualpas men. According to Garcilaso, Huascar begged Soto to stay with him and keep...
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Institutional Economics at the Micro Level? What Transaction Costs Theory Could Learn from Original Institutionalism (in the Spirit of Building Bridges)
Journal article by Huascar F. Pessali, Ramon G. Fernande; Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 33, 1999
Subjects: Comparative economics--Analysis, Economic history--Analysis, Institutional economics--Analysis
...Institutionalism (in the spirit of building bridges) by Huascar F. Pessali , Ramon G. Fernande Inertia in the academic...Mechanisms of Governance. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. Huascar F. Pessali and Ramon G. Fernandez are Assistant Professor and...


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Defiant Folklorist of the Forgotten: Bolivia's Rebellious Antonio Paredes-Candia Has Devoted His Entire Life to Recording and Sharing His Country's Popular Culture
Magazine article by Mike Ceaser; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 53, November 2001
Subjects: Bolivia--Social aspects, Folklore--Publishing, Popular culture--Portrayals, depictions, etc., South American native peoples--Bolivia
...products. But the most valuable thing he received from the old family property was his son, Huascar, a member of a campesino family whom he adopted. Huascar has given Paredes-Candia, a lifelong bachelor, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren...


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50 for Fun; Phil Brown's Trivia Qui
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), January 25, 2007
...wiped out on Funk Island off Newfoundland in 1844? 45 The empress Zoe was a ruthless ruler of which 11th-century power? 46 Huascar was the penultimate ruler of which New World empire? 47 Corno di Bassetto was which wellknown playwrights pen-name as a leading...
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Intrepid Teen-Agers Lead ePlay Users to Learning
Newspaper article by Joseph Szadkowski; The Washington Times, January 5, 1999
Subjects: ePLAY
...bracelets with instructions found on the site. In this story, children meet the Inca ruler Atahualpa and his half-brother, Huascar. The eBug teens (and the player) quickly deduce that Dr. Xed has altered history by having the brothers compete against each...


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encyclopedia articles on: HuAscar  - 8 results

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HuÁscar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HUASCAR was kar, d. 1533, Inca of Peru; son of Huayna Capac . At his fathers death (1525) he became emperor, but had to share...the beginning of the Spanish conquest under Francisco Pizarro, Atahualpa rebelled successfully and later secretly ordered Huascar murdered. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University...
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Atahualpa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...his half brother, the legitimate heir Huascar , inherited the rest of the Inca empire...Pizarro , Atahualpa invaded the domains of Huascar, whom he defeated and imprisoned, and...same time secretly ordered the death of Huascar. He was tried for his brothers murder...
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Manco Capac , D. 1544, Inca Ruler
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MANCO CAPAC , d. 1544, Inca ruler d. 1544, last of the Inca rulers, son of Huayna Capac . After the deaths of Huascar and Atahualpa , Manco Capac was crowned (1534) emperor by the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro but was tolerated only...
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Talcahuano
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...handles the exporting of the agricultural products of the interior. Anchored in Talcahuanos harbor is the Peruvian warship Huascar, whose capture decisively established Chilean naval supremacy during the War of the Pacific (1879...
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Huayna Capac
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...by leaving the recently conquered kingdom of Quito to his favorite son, Atahualpa , and the rest to the legitimate heir, Huascar . War between the brothers had just ended when Francisco Pizarro began his conquest. Huayna Capacs third son, Manco Capac...
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