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Francisco Pizarro

Spanish conquistador who captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa at Cajamarca in 1532, conquered the Inca Empire and founded Lima

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    1532 – 1533Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empirecommander

    Spain’s Francisco Pizarro entered an Inca Empire divided by civil war, captured and executed the emperor Atahualpa at Cajamarca, and took the capital Cusco, bringing down the empire.

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