Summary of Buddy Levy's River of Darkness

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#1 The land of Extremadura, Francisco Orellana’s homeland in the kingdom of Castile, produced hard and unyielding men who learned the arts of warfare as boys. They were a temperament forged by eight hundred years of conflict with the invading Moors.

#2 Orellana was a conquistador who participated in the expedition of 1541–42. He was also known to be cruel and impulsive. He was tall and well-proportioned, with a olive-dark complexion and a long black beard.

#3 Francisco Pizarro was the first to discover the riches of the New World, and he did so in 1524. He formed a private corporation called the Company of the Levant to raise money dedicated to further conquest in the New World.

#4 Francisco Pizarro and his crew landed in Peru in 1528, and began exploring the area. They found a huge Inca city, and presented the king with fine pottery and embroidered linen clothing. The king signed a royal license granting Pizarro the right of discovery and conquest in the province of Peru.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822543720

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Insights on Buddy Levy's River of Darkness

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The land of Extremadura, Francisco Orellana’s homeland in the kingdom of Castile, produced hard and unyielding men who learned the arts of warfare as boys. They were a temperament forged by eight hundred years of conflict with the invading Moors.

#2

Orellana was a conquistador who participated in the expedition of 1541–42. He was also known to be cruel and impulsive. He was tall and well-proportioned, with a olive-dark complexion and a long black beard.

#3

Francisco Pizarro was the first to discover the riches of the New World, and he did so in 1524. He formed a private corporation called the Company of the Levant to raise money dedicated to further conquest in the New World.

#4

Francisco Pizarro and his crew landed in Peru in 1528, and began exploring the area. They found a huge Inca city, and presented the king with fine pottery and embroidered linen clothing. The king signed a royal license granting Pizarro the right of discovery and conquest in the province of Peru.

#5

The Pizarro brothers’ infiltration of Peru was much aided by an ongoing civil war between the indigenous royal Inca brothers Atahualpa and Huascar. The brothers arrived in November 1532, and Francisco Pizarro, his brothers, and his small army became the first Europeans to climb the Andes.

#6

On November 16, 1532, Francisco Pizarro and his 167 Men of Cajamarca brazenly confronted the emperor-elect of the Incas, Atahualpa, in the Cajamarca central square. They knew that Atahualpa’s army was enormous, with estimates of as many as eighty thousand warriors.

#7

Atahualpa, the ruler of the Inca Empire, was captured after the Battle of Cajamarca. He agreed to give Pizarro whatever he wanted in