This map of the Inca Empire (Wayback Machine link) is great for showing the rapid expansion of the Incas across the Andes region. On the original map it was a little difficult to correlate the numbered excerpts with the colored regions, so I made new numbers that will show up a little better on classroom projectors.

Map of the Inca empire.

There's also a detailed map of the Sacred Valley, but it's also a bit difficult to read because of the color scale.

Along the bottom of the Sacred Valley map is a chronology of rulers, from the first Inca king or Sapa Inca, Manco Cápac, to the period of Spanish conquest during the reign of Atahualpa.

Map of the Inca sacred valley.

(Revised and republished April 21st, 2025)