Tag: conquistador

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Brooklyn Museum - Atahualpa, Fourteenth Inca, 1 of 14 Portraits of Inca Kings - overall

23 DEC 2024 · 3 MIN

Billions in Bullion: A New Search for the Lost Gold of Atahualpa

The lost treasure of Inca Emperor Atahualpa is considered among the most important and valuable in history. And now a new team have ventured into the Ecuadorian Andes to try, once again,…

A bronze cannon dating from the Coronado Expedition has been found in Arizona. The gun, dated to around 1540, is the oldest firearm ever found in the United States.

29 NOV 2024 · 2 MIN

Oldest Firearm in US History Found in Arizona

Archaeologists in Arizona have uncovered a bronze cannon which dates back to the Coronado Expedition of the early 16th century. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510 -1554), a Spanish nobleman and conquistador, led…