Regions of Peru

in the Inca’s trusted leader died of small pox. Pizzaro went back to Panama overjoyed and while he was there him and his partners planned for their next conquest. 1529 when he went back to Spain the queen gave them a license to discover and conquer Peru. Around 1532 when Pizzaro went back to Tumbes he found the whole town empty, but when the people started to “show up” in the town a fight broke out and 6,000 men died in one night. Pizzaro from 1536-1537 was amid the Inca…

the Andes Mountains due largely to their mastery of the land and adaptive respiratory systems. Having a well-established agriculture system in place and a people acclimated to the surroundings allowed the Inca to remain undisputed in control of the region. The Inca were a dominate civilization in Mesoamerica for…

Machu Picchu is a travel destination that has a rich history dating back centuries. The 200 structures make up Machu Picchu seamlessly fit into their mountaintop environment and are crisscrossed by terraces made of stone and set on a steep ridge. Machu Picchu demonstrates great architecture, artistic values, and use of land inside of the 79 acres it is located inside of. Machu Picchu is the last Inca stronghold and is also one of the most important historical sites in Latin America. The valleys…

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important tourist attraction in Peru and one of the world's most impressive archaeological and civil engineering sites. It is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Machu Picchu is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, both cultural and natural. Machu Picchu is located high in the Peruvian Andes. It is situated at 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest. The City was discovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, the American Yale professor. Bingham arrived in Peru with a small…

cavalry expedition troops. He left Panama for Nicaragua, and later Honduras. He quickly proved that he was a good explorer by getting riches from pillaging local tribes. In 1532, de Soto was second in command to Francisco Pizarro’s voyage to conquer Peru. While exploring, he found a route leading to Cuzco, the capital of…

rather than the body. Meaning, rather than keeping a healthy body, they meditate and envelope themselves with nature, entering “Aluna” which they consider to be a distinct realm. As for their relationship to nature, they habituate in a northern region of Colombia, Sierra Nevada de Santa Maria. In the Sierra Nevada, the amount of life is limitless. Every single kind of ecosystem is found in the area that the Kogi live in. Although the land is promising, they continue travelling accordingly.…

Ponce De Leon’s early life consisted of him sailing with Pizarro and Columbus when he was on his first journey with Pizarro he was one of his men and the one that kidnapped and killed the Incan Emperor Atahualpa. When he sailed with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage he encountered natives again and brutally murdered them,pillaged,and took all of the tribe’s resources for the glory of Spain and for Christopher Columbus. Once Juan Ponce De Leon set sail with about 200 men(Including his…

The Chavín de Huántar is a religious site in the Northern highlands of Peru. It is named after Chavín, a religious culture in the Andes Mountains. The temple that resides there was built out of stone between 900–200 B.C.E. The Chavín de Huántar became a pilgrimage destination for worshipers of all places. Worshipers brought offerings and left with objects like ceramics and textiles, spreading the Chavín faith and culture. The temple built at Chavín de Huántar became an important pilgrimage site…

The volcano is part of the Pico de The volcano Parícutin is located in the volcanic fields in Míchoacan-Guanajuato.This volcano is also the greatest in both area. This volcano has not erupted since 1952. Also the elevation of the volcano is 9,186’. The volcano Parícutin was named by a nearby village of Parícutin. The volcano is the youngest of the approximately 1,400 volcanic vents of the Míchoacan-Guanajuato volcanic field. The volcanic field is 40,000 square kilometers (15,000 square miles).…