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Built in the Peruvian Andes in the 15th Century, the Incan city of Machu Picchu is one of the Seven Modern Wonders of the World.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

Somewhat later, Spanish conquistadors followed Columbus across the Atlantic to conquer the Aztec and Incan empires, occupying significant parts of the Americas.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2024

He was the son of a Spanish captain and a palla — a member of Incan royalty — making him mestizo.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2023

Storz’s find wasn’t near any known Incan site, so he decided to look around the region more closely.

From Scientific American • Oct. 23, 2023

So the Incan woman retired to a galleon arm-in-arm with her Spaniard, singing that the chains of slavery were sweet when bound with the chains of love, while her people were engulfed in magma.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson