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Discovery of Llama

Spain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1528Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1528

Francisco PizarroApril 1528

Tumbes · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

The Spanish see for the first time, the Peruvian Llama which Pizarro called the "little camels"

Names involved

Francisco Pizarro

Provenance

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