In the upper part are certain wide vertical bands, and in the lower are symbohcal figures with himian faces. Between 1548 and 1553 he travelled across peru, interviewing local officials and inca prisoners and collecting information about the landscape and indigenous people. Chronicles of the new world encounter, edited and translated by alexandra parma cook and noble david cook. The first spanish viceroyalties and their capitals. He is known primarily for his history and description of peru, cronicas del peru. In this excerpt he is pointing out, on the one hand, that the incas worked, without exception, and they worked hard, and didnt live at the expense of others, so it is possible to. He wrote this book in four parts, but only the first was published during his lifetime. The internet history sourcebooks project is located at. Cieza passed very young to america, where he was conqueror, encomendero, merchant and traveler between the new kingdom of granada, quito and peru. Escreveu este livro em quatro partes, mas apenas a primeira foi publicada durante sua vida.
The discovery and conquest of peru latin america in translation. On one side of this court there is a hall 45 feet long by 22 broad, apparently once covered, in the same way as those buildings you have seen in the house of the sun at. It provides quite a lot of information about the incan economya redistributive typical of all early civilizations. Chronicles of the new world encounter, redakcja i tlumaczenie wedlug alexandra parma cook and noble david cook. On 3 june 1535 he set sail for the indies, heading for santo domingo. His second part of chronicles of peru, describing the incas, was translated by clements markham and published in 1871.
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