Topa Inca Yupanqui
Topa Inca Yupanqui or Túpac Inca Yupanqui (Quechua: 'Tupaq Inka Yupanki'),[1] also Topa Inga Yupangui, translated as "noble Inca accountant," (before 1471 – 1493) was the tenth Sapa Inca (1471–93) of the Inca Empire, fifth of the Hanan dynasty. His father was Pachacuti, and his son was Huayna Capac.[2]: 93 Topa Inca belonged to the Qhapaq panaca (one of the clans of Inca nobles).[1] His qoya (principal wife) was his older sister, Mama Ocllo.[2]: 88
Topa Inca Yupanqui
1471–1493
before 1471
Cusco, Inca Empire, modern-day Peru
1493
Chincheros, Inca Empire, modern-day Peru
Tupaq Inka Yupanki
Túpac Inca Yupanqui
Hanan Qusqu
Mama Anahuarque
The Pacific Expedition[edit]
Original account[edit]
Topa Inca Yupanqui is also credited with leading a roughly 10-month-long voyage of exploration into the Pacific around 1470, under the reign of his father, reportedly visiting islands he called Nina Chumpi ("fire belt")[4] and Hawa Chumpi ("outer belt",[5][4] also spelled Avachumpi, Hahua chumpi). The voyage is mentioned in the History of the Incas by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, as well as in the works of Martin de Murúa and Miguel Cabello de Balboa.[6] Pedro Sarmiento described the expedition as follows: