Greatest conqueror — Chimú, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile; empire reaches 2M sq km.
Son of Pachacuti, Topa marched 5,000 km: crushed the Chimú adobe empire and moved its smiths to Cuzco; took Ecuador after bloody Cañari wars; pushed to Chileʼs Maule where Mapuche halted him. Empire became worldʼs largest. Died 1493, perhaps poisoned by a wifeʼs faction (WHE, Inca).
Damned Chan Chanʼs canals, starved the largest adobe city on earth. Chimú king Minchancaman led to Cuzco in honourable captivity; goldsmiths resettled. North coast joined Tawantinsuyu.
Chronicles say Topa sailed with 20,000 men on balsa rafts to “Nina Chumpi” and “Hahua Chumpi,” returning with gold, a brass throne and dark captives. Some link to Galápagos or Polynesia — unproven but persistent.
https://www.worldhistory.org/Inca_Civilization/https://www.britannica.com/topic/IncaHe walked to the ends of the earth.— Cabello de Balboa chronicle