Spain’s moneymaking interest in the former Inca Empire would be revived in 1545 ... crown and fuel a European obsession with colonial expansion. The Spaniards and their allies in Inca lands ...

The legend begins in the 16th century, when the great Inca Empire in western South America was giving way to European invaders. Atahualpa was an Inca king who, after warring with his half-brother ...