With
@King of the Uzbeks doing a great TL that looks at the Spanish Conquest of the Incas failing in its very earliest phases, I got to thinking about a latter part of said Conquest OTL, specifically the Spanish opponents to the Pizarro family’s dominance in South America, especially Francisco’s former partner, Diego de Almagro and
his mestizo son.
I wonder if any of the key events in this period of the Spanish Conquest - between Diego’s decision to return from Chile and to march on Cuzco in 1537, and the execution of Diego de Almagro II in 1542 - if any of the battles, deaths, or events of this period has the potential to completely change the fate of South America over the next couple of centuries or so. Any thoughts here?
CONSOLIDATE: Interestingly, this period is also when the Spanish were conquering the Musica Confederation, which in turn ended up playing a side role to this story when Cristobal Vaca de Castro, en route to mediate the dispute between the Pizarrarists and Almagrists, had to make a detour due to bad weather in sickness; it was during this very delay that Pizarro was assassinated. And even if Cristobal does still arrive in Qito in September 1541, is it possible at all, over the next year, for the anti-Pizarro conspirators to hold together more, or for El Mozo to do better at the Battle of Hulas, or maybe even just avoid execution afterward?
I'm not really sure on any of this, but from what little I gather, it feels like there's a lot of potential, it seems, for Francisco Pizarro or El Mozo to live longer, or for Gonzalo Pizarro to die sooner (meaning he doesn't later lead a rebellion against the New Laws); thoughts?