tomebamba

Updated: July 19, 2026

With an enemy in his rear whom he dared not fight, and followers whom he dared not trust, the cup of his calamities was nearly full. At length, he issued forth on firm ground, and, passing through Tomebamba, Blasco Nunez reentered his northern capital of Quito. But his reception was not so cordial as that which he had before experienced.

William Hickling Prescott - History of the Conquest of Peru