Editing Pre-Columbian transoceanic contact theories (section)

=== Claims of Inca travel to Oceania ===
Peruvian historian [[José Antonio del Busto Duthurburu]] popularized the theory that [[Inca]] ruler [[Topa Inca Yupanqui]] may have led a maritime exploration voyage across the Pacific Ocean around 1465, eventually reaching [[French Polynesia]] and [[Rapa Nui]] (Easter Island). Different Spanish chroniclers of the 16th century recount stories told to them by Inca peoples, in which Yupanqui embarked on a sea voyage, eventually reaching two islands referred to as ''Nina Chumpi'' ("fire belt") and ''Hawa Chumpi'' ("outer belt", also spelled ''Avachumpi, Hahua chumpi''). According to the stories, Yupanqui returned from the expedition bringing back with him black-skinned people, gold, a chair made of brass, and the skin of a horse or an animal similar to a horse. Del Busto speculated the "black-skinned people" may have been [[Melanesians]], while the animal skin may have belonged to a Polynesian [[wild boar]] that was misidentified.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.elvirrey.com/libro/tupac-yupanqui-descubridor-de-oceania_70118589 | title=TÚPAC YUPANQUI, DESCUBRIDOR DE OCEANÍA - Librería el Virrey }}</ref> Critics have pointed out that Yupanqui's expedition—assuming it ever took place—could have reached the [[Galápagos Islands]] or some other part of the Americas instead of Oceania.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Túpac Yupanqui, descubridor de Oceanía. Nuku Hiva, Mangareva, Rapa Nui |last=del Busto Duthurburu |first=José Antonio |publisher=Ediciones Lux |year=2019 |isbn=978-612-47958-0-0 |language=Spanish}}</ref>