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History Of The Incas
Pedro Sarmiento De Gamboa, Baltasar De Ocampo, Gabriel De Oviedo
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R765
Discovery Miles 7 650
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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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The History of the Incas (Paperback, New Ed)
Pedro Sarmiento De Gamboa; Contributions by Brian S. Bauer, Vania Smith; Introduction by Jean-Jacques DeCoster, Brian S. Bauer
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R811
Discovery Miles 8 110
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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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 to similarly great lengths in pursuit
of accuracy. Translators Brian Bauer and Vania Smith used an early
transcript and, in some instances, the original document to create
the text. Bauer and Jean-Jacques Decoster's introduction lays bare
the biases Sarmiento incorporated into his writing. It also
theorizes what sources, in addition to his extensive interviews,
Sarmiento relied upon to produce his history. Finally, more than
sixty new illustrations enliven this historically invaluable
document of life in the ancient Andes.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
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++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
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++++ The Discovery Of The Solomon Islands By Alvaro De Mendana In
1568, Volume 2; Works Issued By The Hakluyt Society; Hakluyt
Society; The Discovery Of The Solomon Islands By Alvaro De Mendana
In 1568; Basil Thomson Baron William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst
Amherst, Hernan Gallegos Lamero, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, alvaro
Mendana de Neira, Gomez Hernandez Catoira William Amhurst
Tyssen-Amherst Amherst (baron), Basil Thomson Printed for the
Hakluyt Society, 1901 Solomon Islands
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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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