which european countries made first contact with incas and when?

Question

during the renaissance (1450 - 1600)

Answer 1

The first European country to make contact with the Incas was Spain. A Spanish fleet led by Francisco Pizarro arrived in South America in the 1430s. The Incas were having a brutal civil war, and the Spanish introduced diseases which killed a huge percentage of the population. This allowed the Spanish to easily take over Peru.