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Von Erfindung derselben durch underschiedliche Schiffart 251

The map depicts the battle of Las Salinas. The Battle of Las Salinas was a military conflict and decisive confrontation between the forces of Hernando and Gonzalo Pizarro against those of rival conquistador Diego de Almagro, on April 26, 1538, during the Conquest of Peru. Both camps claimed to represent the authority of the Spanish Crown. Pizarros forces controlled the province of Nueva Castilla, and those of Almagro, Nueva Toledo. After an hour of carnage, the battle yielded a victory for Pizarros forces: with Almagro captured and his lieutenant, Rodrigo Orgonez killed on the field of battle, the Pizarros routed the enemy and took possession of Cuzco. Almagro was executed in July 1538. De Bry’s Grand Voyages, an illustrated collection of accounts of the Americas, defined the early European picture of the New World. Published by Matthäus Merian. (1st edition 1597).

ca. 1628

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Bry, de - Merian