In the third expedition of Pizarro, the same Inca was kidnapped during the discomfiting Battle of Cajamala and the empire conquered by Spaniards. The Incas were fierce warriors, but they believed the Spaniards were Gods, and they did not recognize them as enemies until it was too late. There were a few fierce battles, particularly at Cusco, the largest of the Inca cities, but the Spaniards largely ruled by installing a puppet governor, and enslaving lower-ranking natives for work in the mines.
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The first attempt to explore western South America was undertaken in 1522 by Pascual de Andagoya. The first native South Americans he encountered told him about a gold-rich territory called Virú which was on a river called Pirú (the vocals were later corrupted to Perú) from which they came.
Having reached as far as the San Juan River (part of the present boundary between Ecuador and Colombia), Andagoya fell very ill and decided to return. Back in Panama,
In 1524, while still in Panama, Pizarro entered into a partnership with a priest named Hernando de Luque and a soldier named Diego de Almagro, for purposes of exploration and conquest towards the south. Pizarro, Almagro and Luque afterwards renewed their compact in a more solemn and explicit manner, agreeing to conquer and divide equally among themselves the opulent empire they hoped to reach.
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