By Catharine Hamm | Los Angeles Times Travel Editor
43. The governor of Panama thought the expeditions foolish, so Francisco Pizaro went to Spain to speak directly with the emperor, who said yes. Off Pizaro sailed.
Pizaro was unaware that during his early voyage they had caused a smallpox epedemic which killed both the Inca ruler Huayna Capac and the heir apparent launching a blood civil war between Atahualpa the son from Quito and Huascar the son from Cusco.
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