287 | Jean-Paul Faguet on Institutions and the Legacy of History

1623.627 - 1653.085 Jean-Paul Faguet

And in order to try to save colonialism and save these Spaniards from basically being wiped out, there's a guy called Jimenez de Quesada – who decides to lead an expedition south trying to get to Peru because they've heard news of fantastic riches, like unbelievable amounts of gold that Europeans and possibly in the world had never been seen before that are coming out of Cusco and the Inca Empire.