#spanish conquistadors

[timmurleyart]

New world (Conquest of paradise)🌴💰🗡⚔️🛡💎 (mixed media on canvas)🥇

[javieroverthere]

They felt sorry for him they wouldn’t go back to Panama just for him. I need to see a drawing of this to see a sad Pizarro

[prairie-tales]

'Discovery of the Mississippi'.

William Henry Powell, ????

A Romantic depiction of the scene which occurred in 1541 whereby Spanish conquistador and explorer Hernando de Soto was the first European to see the Mississippi River. As he and his troops approached the river, Native Americans gather in front of their teepees and an Indian chief holds out a peace pipe.

[historydailyfrancischappellblack]

History Daily: August 29

WOMEN JOIN BRITISH WAR EFFORT On August 29, 1914, with World War I approaching the end of its first month, the Women’s Defense Relief Corps was formed in Britain. Though women’s rights organizations in Britain had initially opposed the country’s entry into World War I, they soon reversed their position, recognizing the potential of the war effort to gain advancement for British women on the…

[wisdomandroyalty]

Uncover the Untold Tales of Estevanico in Arma 3 Mod - The Chronicles of Estevanico

Discover the untold story of Estevanico, an African Moor who fought for freedom and riches in the early 16th century Americas. Play The Chronicles of Estevanico mod for Arma 3 now! #MansartisanGaming #Arma3Mod #HistoricalGaming #16thCentury

Arma 3 players, get ready to embark on a journey through time with The Chronicles of Estevanico. This mod takes you back to the early 16th century, where you’ll accompany one of the earliest explorers to set foot on American soil. But this isn’t just any explorer – Estevanico was an African Moor, a former slave who chose to enter mercenary contracts in the Americas to win his freedom. Beneath…

[illustratus]

[paper-lilypie]

watching the Namor backstory in Wakanda Forever as a Puerto Rican do be a different kind of experience

[historynerdj2]

History memes #49

So, fun fact, most of the army that conquered the Aztecs were actually made up of other peoples in Mexico who decided they hated the Aztecs more than the newly arrived Spanish

[castilestateofmind]

"Pizarro started from nothing, rising to a life of conquest and glory. He toppled the Inca with an act of Odyssean cunning. After years of war, he went out in a blaze of glory, fighting off assassins even in his old age… is this not Bronze Age Mindset?

Is this not greatness?".

-Alaric the Barbarian.

[qqchurch]

something funny with genshin going out of its way to make sure none of it's playable god characters don't have skin darker than lily white

[aprillikesthings]

ofmd spoilers ahoy but

AHHHH

so glad they let Ed say that one line back at Stede, I literally had to pause it and roll around yelling

lol their awkwardness as they move so so so so torturously slowly back towards each other is so painfully familiar

oh my god the tension is so painfully well done that I am about to dive into their ao3 tag (and I've had about 0 interest in m/m fic for multiple years at this point) because I have, like, some equivalent to blue balls, fucking CHRIST

really enjoyed the mlm/wlw solidarity of Mary and Ed chatting and smoking weed

BAHAHAHA Anne and Mary's kinky relationship is so great, plus the degree to which they made fun of Ed and Stede

(as a 43-year-old woman thank you, THANK YOU, that they're not in their 20's)

unrelated to all the previous notes but I just want to be pleased that rather than the < .speaking Spanish. > bullshit they CAPTIONED THE GOD DAMNED SPANISH

if Ed and Stede don't bang soon I WILL PERSONALLY LOSE MY SHIT

[timmurleyart]

Conquest of paradise. (V.2)🌴💰🗡⚔️🛡💎 (mixed media on canvas)🥇

[caleblandrybones]

what is it with the armesto fam and the sea

[historydailyfrancischappellblack]

HOW 200 CONQUISTADORS CONQUERED AN EMPIRE OF 10 MILLION

On August 29, 1533, Atahualpa, the last Sapa Inca Emperor, is suspected of having been buried in Northern Peru or Ecuador.

The Inca people named their empire "Land of the Four Quarters" or Tahuantinsuyu, and in 1533, it was the largest in the world. It covered 2,500 miles and stretched from southern Colombia in the north to central Chile in the south. It rose between 1200 and 1300 AD in the valley of Cusco, an increase in temperatures allowing the Inca to inhabit ever higher altitudes and produce agricultural surpluses. The astonishing site of Machu Picchu is evidence of this. The empire successfully built a road network of 14,000 miles, and 10 million people lived within its borders. So how did a mere 200 Spanish conquistadors capture its Emperor-god Atahualpa, and conquer an entire empire?

In reality, several factors brought down this mighty empire, so wealthy contemporaries remarked that its people walked on sandals lined with silver. Since the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the Americas, western diseases have steadily weakened native populations. The Inca empire had been especially struck by smallpox, which had reduced the population by an estimated two-thirds and claimed the life of Atahualpa's father, Emperor Huayna Capac.

After his father's death, Atahualpa waged a civil war against his half-brother Huascar that lasted six years. A war he had only just won when he encountered Francisco Pizarro in 1532.

The success of Hernán Cortés in Mexico inspired Pizarro and his small force of mercenaries. In a daring ambush on November 16, 1532, Pizarro and his men surprised Atahualpa and his lightly armed followers in the town square of Cajamarca. They shot and killed 5,000 of his men in one hour, sparing only Atahualpa himself. Pizarro had realized Atahualpa was more valuable to him alive than dead. With Atahualpa captive, his generals did not dare to attack, and the Emperor then convinced his captors to ransom him for a room filled with gold and silver.

Once the treasure was gathered, the Spanish refused to release Atahualpa. They gave him the choice of being burnt alive, a pagan's death, or converting to Christianity and having the kinder end by strangulation. Atahualpa chose the latter, was garroted on July 26, 1533, and given a Christian burial. Various accounts have his remains later dug up, mummified, and reburied. With Atahualpa's death, the empire collapsed, and the Spanish consolidated their power over the Inca by marching on the capitol, Cusco, and installing their own puppet emperor.

A famous hoard of treasure that never made it in time for Atahualpa's ransom is supposedly hidden in the Andes. The city of Machu Picchu remained undiscovered by the Spanish and was eventually abandoned by the Inca. Its existence became widely known only when it was discovered by the American explorer Hiram Bingham in 1911.

…https://history-daily-with-francis-chappell-black.com

Image: Battle of Cajamarca and the capture of Atahualpa, 1533.