Fire in the Andes: The Great Rebellion of Tupac Amaru II, 1780-1783

Fire in the Andes: The Great Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II, 1780–1783 In November 1780, a wealthy Andean nobleman ambushed a corrupt Spanish official on a mountain trail, and set in motion the largest anti-colonial uprising Latin America would see before its wars of independence. José Gabriel Condorcanqui, who took the name Túpac Amaru II, claimed direct descent from the last independent Inca empero...