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t nio Lorena that · this mouth represents an ana–
tomical figure.
All of this region between the streets of San–
ta
Clara, Nueva Baja and Nueva Alta, as well as
the others to\v·ard Picchu, consisted of cultivated
terraces.
COLONIAL CUZCO.
Historical Sketch.
The conquest of Peru by the Spaniards took
place during
the first half of
the Sixteenth
Century.
Francisco Pizarro and his
f
ew
int~epid
com–
panions penetrated he large empire of Tahuan–
tinsuyo in 1532 after several expeditions had
sailed from Panamá in order to discover "the
golden country", or the domain of the Incas. In
November of this same year they arrived at Ca–
j amarca, where they met Atahualpa, the king
of the Quitos or Sciris, conqueror of his brother
Huascar; monarch of Cuezo, and legitimate suc–
cesor of · Huaynacapac.
Through audacious
strategy on the part of the Spaniards, Atahual–
pa was faken prisoner, and soon thereafte.r exe-
6uted by Pizarro, notwithstanding the fabulous
treasure proffered for his ransom; this treasure
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