Vincente de Valverde, first Bishop of Cuzco, (1852). Artist: Jacques Francois Gauderique Llanta

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Vincente de Valverde, first Bishop of Cuzco, (1852). A Dominican friar, Valverde (c1490-1543) went to Peru in around 1530. After Francisco Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire Valverde was appointed the first Bishop of Cuzco by Charles V in 1537. A print from Expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro à Lima, et de Lima au Para: exécuté par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 à 1847 by F de Castelnau. (Paris, 1852).

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