What the records say
- When
- Apr 1531
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 2.83° S, 80.13° W
- Description
- 1531 battle in the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Puná
Battle in the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
The Battle of Puná, a peripheral engagement of Francisco Pizarro's conquest of Peru, was fought in April 1531 on the island of Puná in Ecuador. Pizarro's conquistadors, boasting superior weaponry and tactical skill, decisively defeated the island's indigenous inhabitants. The battle marked the beginning of Pizarro's third and final expedition prior to the fall of the Inca Empire.
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