Otavalo is a small town nestled up in the mountains some two hours drive from Quito, and Saturday is its famed market day. |
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This Harvard-educated lawyer had a clean image and a good reputation from his time as mayor of the city of Quito. |
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Ecuador was part of the viceroyalty of Peru, and the Inca Atahualpa had his capital in Quito. |
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In May 1735, a team of 10 scientists left for the Andean town of Quito, in the viceroyalty of Peru, a Spanish colonial possession that encompassed most of South America. |
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The Incas conquered the central valley in the 15th century, and their communications network included a road from Cuzco to Quito, which they set up as their regional capital. |
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His body was taken, probably at his prior request, to its final resting place in Quito. |
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Finding Quito empty of its treasures, Almagro soon joined the combined Spanish force. |
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In Quito, Gonzalo was able to recruit 220 Spaniards and 4,000 Native Americans. |
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Gonzalo Pizarro and his followers left Quito on February 1541, a month before Orellana, who was able to bring 23 men and several horses. |
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Orellana was one of Gonzalo Pizarro's lieutenants during his 1541 expedition east of Quito into the South American interior. |
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Pizarro left Quito in February 1541 just before Orellana arrived with his 23 men and horses. |
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Pizarro had in the meantime returned to Quito by a more northerly route, by then with only 80 men left alive. |
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People loyal to Atahualpa created a new capital in Quito, so they could follow their preferred ruler and gain favor within the government. |
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He immediately prepared a counterattack with his large, experienced army from Quito. |
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Paccha Duchicela Shyris XVI accepted this proposal on condition that their son would be crowned King of Quito upon the death of Huayna Capac. |
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Out of this marriage alliance the Atahualpa the future King of Quito was born. |
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Historians of that region refer to these alliances as the Quito Confederation, with the Kingdom of Quito being the leader of this confederation. |
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They are very popular in the touristic district of the Historic District in Quito. |
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Pichincha Volcano, an active stratovolcano in the Ecuadorian Andes photographed from the Historic Center of Quito. |
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Shortly after taking lead in Quito, Gonzalo learned from many of the natives of a valley far to the east rich in both cinnamon and gold. |
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As such, Pizarro dispatched De Almagro to pursue Quizquiz, fleeing to the Inca Empire's northern city of Quito. |
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His last requests to Pizarro were that his remains be transported to Quito, and that he have compassion on his children. |
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In 1615 he was named president of the Audiencia of Quito, within the Viceroyalty of Peru. |
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Quito has a Vancouverish vibe in general, but combined with a cold, dry, Aspen, ski-town feel. |
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Abi Vega Cruz came to Southern California from Quito, Ecuador, seven months ago to have a life-threatening heart defect repaired. |
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I did my master's thesis in the Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve, Ecuador's smallest protected area, just outside of Quito. |
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Investigators in Ecuador believe a Fokker F28 crew was ill-prepared to abort take-off after a fire alert, and that the delay led the jet to overrun at Quito last year. |
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Breaking with Inca tradition Huayna Capac proposed to marry the Queen of Quito in order to peacefully incorporate the rest of northern Ecuador into the Inca Empire. |
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Most chroniclers suggest that Atahualpa was born in what the Incas used to call the Kingdom of Quito, though other stories suggest various other birthplaces. |
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When the Cacha Duchicela Shyris XV, the King of Quito, died the people elected his daughter Paccha Duchicela Shyris XVI as Queen of Quito in order to continue the battle. |
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He arrived in Quito in 1637, and returned via the same route. |
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He acted as the land agent for the Jesuits in Chillos in the 1690s, buying up small pieces of property for the expanding estate of the College of Quito. |
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In Quito, Gonzalo Pizarro collected a force of 220 Spaniards and 4000 natives, while Orellana, as second in command, was sent back to Guayaquil to gather troops and horses. |
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