Inca emperorBorn: ?Birthplace: probably Cuzco, Peru Topa Inca, also known as Tupac Inca or Tupac Yupanqui, assumed the throne of the Inca Empire after the death of his father, Pachacuti or…
McMILLIN, Benton, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Monroe County, Ky., September 11, 1845; attended Philomath Academy, Tennessee, and the University of Kentucky at Lexington; studied…
(Encyclopedia) ApurímacApurímacap&oomacr;rēˈmäk [key], river, c.430 mi (690 km) long, rising in the Andes, S Peru. It flows generally northwest in a narrow valley. After joining the Mantaro River…
(Encyclopedia) Arias de Ávila, PedroArias de Ávila, Pedropāˈᵺrō äˈryäs dā äˈvēlä [key], known as PedrariasPedrariaspāᵺräˈryäs [key], c.1440–1531, Spanish colonial administrator. He was sent (1514) as…
(Encyclopedia) Hawkins, Sir Richard, 1562?–1622, English admiral, son of Sir John Hawkins. He served under Sir Francis Drake in the 1585–86 expedition to the West Indies, commanded the Swallow in the…
(Encyclopedia) Fujimori, Keiko (Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi), 1975–, Peruvian political leader, daughter of President Alberto Fujimori. She attended Boston Univ. and Columbia Business School, then…
(Encyclopedia) Huayna CapacHuayna Capacwīˈnä käˈpäk [key], d. 1525, Inca of Peru, last of the great emperors. The Inca empire reached its greatest extent and power under his rule, but disruptive…
(Encyclopedia) Janssen, Pierre Jules CésarJanssen, Pierre Jules Césarpyĕr zhül sāzärˈ zhäNsĕnˈ [key], 1824–1907, French astronomer. In 1857–58, in Peru, he worked on the determination of the magnetic…
(Encyclopedia) Chan ChanChan Chanchän chän [key], ruins of an ancient city near Trujillo, N Peru. An early example of city planning, with a rectangular grid structure, it was probably begun in the…
(Encyclopedia) altiplanoaltiplanoălˌtĭpläˈnō [key], high plateau (alt. c.12,000 ft/3,660 m) in the Andes Mts., c.65,000 sq mi (168,350 sq km), W Bolivia, extending into S Peru. The altiplano is a…
