1. Entered Cajamarca and was captured in the Spanish ambush

    · Plaza de Armas, Cajamarca, Peru

    Entered Cajamarca and was captured in the Spanish ambush
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    Atahualpa entered Cajamarca in ceremonial procession to meet the Spaniards. Pizarro's concealed force attacked the retinue and captured him, beginning his captivity. The source establishes this as the day after Pizarro arrived on 15 November 1532; the coordinate represents the central plaza where the ambush occurred.

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