Spanish explorer and historian PEDRO SARMIENTO DE GAMBOA
(1532-1592) spent more than twenty years in Peru. During that time
he collected what was, at the time of its writing in 1572, the most
accurate history of Incan civilization. De Gamboa personally
interviewed many Incas around Cuzco in order to hear the songs and
stories of their ancestors. This history was not gathered without
an ulterior motive, however. De Gamboa aimed to show that the Inca
were cruel tyrants who had usurped the land they were living on
when the Spaniards found them. By showing that the Inca deserved
the treatment they got from the Spanish crown, De Gamboa hoped to
save his country's reputation on the world stage. Scholars and
amateur historians will find here fascinating Incan mythology as
well as thorough explanations of Incan society. This replica of a
1907 British edition also includes The Execution of the Inca Tupac
Amaru, by the 16th-century Spaniard CAPTAIN BALTASAR DE OCAMPO.
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