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Jul 1, 2020 · The history of Peru summarized This video covers the history of Peru from ancient times to the present day. Help support more videos like this on my channel :) / epimetheus1776 #history # ...
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If you’re not up-to-date with your history of South America (which I am sure many of you aren’t), you have probably never heard of Garcilaso de la Vega. Born to the son of a Spanish conquistador and Inca princess, Garcilaso de la Vega (1539 – 1616) was a hugely important figure in capturing and recording the history of Peru. He was one of the first...
Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovered the South Sea on 1513, and was the first Spaniard to ever see it. He was given the title of “Adelanto of the Sea,” with the power to conquest and govern any of the kingdoms that he might find. He built several expedition ships to navigate the South Sea, one of which sailed passed the equatorial line along the coast ...
As Garcilaso de la Vega comments in The Royal Commentaries of the Inca’s, the name Peru was still not used by natives some 70 years after the conquest of the empire. Although the name Peru was synonymous around the world as a place full of incredible riches, Peru was a word simply not known by the natives. The Incas and natives knew it as Ttahuatin...
The Spanish weren’t well renowned for their delicate approach to conquering countries; and in the case of Peru, it wasn’t any different. Pillaging and plundering the country of all its riches (gold and silver), the Spanish conquistadores where ruthless in their approach to taking control of the Inca Empire. Therefore, it is not surprising that many...
In the first volume of his Comentarios, Garcilaso offers one of the first answers as to why Peru is called “Peru”. According to “El Inca,” a group of Spanish explorers landed on the Pacific coast somewhere south of the equator, where they encountered a native fisherman at the mouth of a river.
2 days ago · Peru - Independence, Revolution, Viceroyalty: The Napoleonic invasion of Spain in 1808 sparked the Creoles (those of European descent born in America) in other Spanish colonies to struggle for independence between 1810 and 1821.
History of Peru, a survey of the important events and people in the history of Peru from the time of the Inca empire. Located in western South America, Peru is essentially a tropical country, with its northern tip nearly touching the Equator. Its name is derived from a Quechua word implying land of.
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Peru formally proclaimed independence from Spain in 1821, following the military campaigns of José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar, and the decisive battle of Ayacucho, Peru completed its independence in 1824.
