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Huayna Capac

American  
[wahy-nah kah-pahk] / ˈwaɪ nɑ ˈkɑ pɑk /
Or Huaina Capac

noun

  1. c1450–1527?, Inca ruler of Peru 1493?–1527? (father of Atahualpa and Huascar).


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The Incan Empire reached the height of its glory in the early 1500s during the reign of Huayna Capac.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2012

A few weeks later, while still in Quito, Huayna Capac died of disease—probably smallpox.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2012

In the 1520s, Huayna Capac undertook a tour of Ecuador, a newly conquered area of the empire.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2012

Fortunately for Pizarro and unfortunately for the Incas, smallpox had arrived overland around 1526, killing much of the Inca population, including both the emperor Huayna Capac and his designated successor.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Cacha was conquered by Huayna Capac about 1487, and Calicuchima entered the service of Atahualpa who was his kinsman through Paccha his cousin, Huayna Capac's wife.

From An Account of the Conquest of Peru by Means, Philip Ainsworth

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