Huayna

Hearing Quechua on the radio, seeing 6,000 meter Huayna Potosi, and of course, seeing the old red, yellow and green flying proudly from car antennas and rooftops was a most welcome homecoming.

Bolivian Homecoming « Wanderings 2008

Snow-capped, twin 20,000 foot peaks, Illimani and Huayna Potosi, loomed in the background as we flew east towards the Coch valley.

Greetings from Bolivia « Wanderings 2008

At the exquisite little Inca site of Huinay Huayna "Forever Young" in Quechua we were encouraged to cleanse our Shakras in the flowing water of the ancient plumbing.

Inca Trail - Day Three mike247worldwide 2005

At the exquisite little Inca site of Huinay Huayna "Forever Young" in Quechua we were encouraged to cleanse our Shakras in the flowing water of the ancient plumbing.

Archive 2005-12-01 mike247worldwide 2005

Smallpox claimed the Incan dictator Huayna Capac and much of his family, setting off a calamitous war of succession.

1491 2002

Smallpox claimed the Incan dictator Huayna Capac and much of his family, setting off a calamitous war of succession.

1491 2002

Manco, a younger son of Huayna and at first a puppet of the Spanish, rebels and after a three-year struggle retreats to jungle sanctuary of Vilcabamba in 1537.

Exploring the Inca Heartland: Chronology of the Conquest 1999

Then came smallpox, the death of Huayna Capac, and the beginning of the cataclysm.

One River Wade Davis 1996

Before the arrival of the Spaniards, the Kofán had been a powerful tribe—a small nation, in effect, strong enough to incur the wrath of Inca Huayna Capac, who made war against them as he attempted to expand his empire to the north.

One River Wade Davis 1996

The son of Yupanqui, he explained, was Huayna Capac, the Inca responsible for expanding the empire into what is today southern Colombia.

One River Wade Davis 1996