The History of the Incas (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture) by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa; Vania Smith ISBN 13: 9780292714854

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University of Texas Press, 2007. Tight and unmarked softcover showing slight reading wear. 266pp.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

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Paperback / softback. New. The History of the Incas may be the best description of Inca life and mythology to survive Spanish colonization of Peru. Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, a well-educated sea captain and cosmographer of the viceroyalty, wrote the document in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire, just forty years after the arrival of the first Spaniards. The royal sponsorship of the work guaranteed Sarmiento direct access to the highest Spanish officials in Cuzco. It allowed him to summon influential Incas, especially those who had witnessed the fall of the Empire. Sarmiento also traveled widely and interviewed numerous local lords (curacas), as well as surviving members of the royal Inca families. Once completed, in an unprecedented effort to establish the authenticity of the work, Sarmiento's manuscript was read, chapter by chapter, to forty-two indigenous authorities for commentary and correction. The scholars behind this new edition (the first to be published in English since 1907) went… Read More

Univ of Texas Pr, 2007. Paperback. New. 266 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

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