Florida of the Inca

History

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

Americas

Univ. of Texas Press

This book by the mestizo writer Garcilaso de la Vega, the son of an Inca Princess and a Spanish Captain, constitutes on the main sources of knowledge about ancient Peru. The detailed descriptions, the author gives about the customs, rituals, arts, military conquests, Andean history and culture through multiple and varied depictions make this book an indispensable tool to know, in all its grandeur, the splendor of the Empire of the Incas.

The Royal Commentaries of the Incas

Editorial Piki

<p>De La Vega was born in Peru in 1539, the son of an Inca princess and a Spanish conquistador. He was a convert to Catholocism, leaving his native Peru for good at the age of twenty-one. Before leaving he took copious notes, listening to all the members of his mother's family, visiting the Indian villages, investigating the minutest aspects of the decaying Empire. In Spain he took part in the wars against the Italians and Moors, and later in life he reitred to a religious vocation in Cordoba. At the age of 69 he had published the first part of the Royal Commentaries, recalling the land of his birth and the glory of Peru.</p>

The Incas: The Royal Commentaries of the Inca

Andean World

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