Topa Inca Yupanqui
Topa Inca Yupanqui | ||
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Quechua Tupaq Inka Yupanki | | |
Spanish | Túpac Inca Yupanqui | |
Dynasty | Hanan Qusqu | |
Father | Pachacuti | |
Mother | Mama Anahuarque |
Topa Inca Yupanqui or Túpac Inca Yupanqui (
Biography
His father appointed him to head the
He became Sapa Inca (sole ruler) in his turn upon his father's death in 1471, ruling until his own death in 1493. He conquered Chimor, which occupied the northern coast of what is now Peru, the largest remaining rival to the Incas.
He conquered the province of
Topa Inca died about 1493 in Chincheros, leaving two legitimate sons, and 90 illegitimate sons and daughters. Chuqui Ocllo, one of the wives of Topa Yupanqui, convinced him that his son Capac Huari would succeed him, however, Topa Inca Yupanqoi changed his mind and decided on his son Titu Cusi Hualpa (who would later become emperor Huayna Capac). This provoked anger in Chuqui Ocllo and she poisoned Topa Inca. She and her favorite son were both killed soon after Topa Inca's death.[2]: 106–107
The Pacific Expedition
Original account
Topa Inca Yupanqui is also credited with leading a roughly 10-month-long voyage of exploration into the
- …there arrived at Tumbez some merchants who had come by sea from the west, navigating in balsas with sails. They gave information of the land whence they came, which consisted of some islands called Avachumbi and Ninachumbi, where there were many people and much gold. Topa Inca was a man of lofty and ambitious ideas, and was not satisfied with the regions he had already conquered. So he determined to challenge a happy fortune, and see if it would favour him by sea.…
- The Inca, having this certainty, determined to go there. He caused an immense number of balsas to be constructed, in which he embarked more than 20,000 chosen men.…
- Topac Inca navigated and sailed on until he discovered the islands of Avachumbi and Ninachumbi, and returned, bringing back with him slaves, gold, a chair of brass, and a skin and jaw bone of a horse. These trophies were preserved in the fortress of Cusco until the Spaniards came. The duration of this expedition undertaken by Topa Inca was nine months, others say a year, and, as he was so long absent, every one believed he was dead.[2]: 93–94
- – "¿Viajarón los Incas por Oceanía?" Revista Enraizada. (In Spanish) 2020.
Analysis
Historians and anthropologists such as
See also
References
- ^ a b von Hagen, Victor W.; Murra, John V. "The origins and expansion of the Inca state". britannica.com. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ ISBN 9781463688653
- ISBN 9781420941142
- ^ a b Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
- ^ See online version of the book, page 91; in English.
- ISBN 978-2-84734-462-2.
- ^ Espinoza, Waldemar (1997). Los Incas. Amaru Editores.
- ^ José Antonio del Busto Duthurburu, Túpac Yupanqui. Descubridor de Oceanía, 2006.
- ^ The "Hanau Eepe", their Immigration and Extermination, Rongorongo.
External links
- Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1889. .
- "¿Viajarón los Incas por Oceanía?" Revista Enraizada. (In Spanish) 2020.