First part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas v. 2

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series,which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir FrancisDrake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Volume 2 of this 1869 English translation contains Books 5-9 of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas by Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616), the son of a Spanish soldier and an Inca princess. Brought up to speak Quechua as well as Spanish, Garcilaso had access through his mother's family to the history and traditions of the Incas, which he recorded in Part 1 of the Royal Commentaries. The posthumously-published Part 2, on the Spanish conquest of Peru, is not included here. INDICE: Book V: 1. How they divided the land amongst the vassals; 2. The arrangement they adopted for tilling the land; 3. Of the quantity of land givento each Indian; 4. How they distributed the water for irrigation; 5. The tribute that they gave to the Yncas; 6. They made clothing, arms, and shoes for the soldiers; 7. Gold and silver and other things of value were not offered as tribute, but as presents; 8. Of the manner of guarding the tribute; 9. The vassals were supplied with clothes; 10. The ordering and division of the flocks; 11. Laws and ordinances of the Yncas; 12. How they conquered and civilised the new vassals; 13. How ministers were appointed for different duties; 14. The order they kept in their property; 15. How they paid their tribute; 16. How the tribute was collected; 17. The Ynca Uira-Ccocha received tidings of his enemies; 18. A very bloody battle; 19. The generosity of the prince Ynca Uira-Ccochaafter the victory; 20. The prince continues the pursuit of the rebels; 21. Ofthe name of Uira-Ccocha; 22. The Ynca Uira-Ccocha orders a temple to be built; 23. Of a famous painting; 24. Of the new provinces which the Ynca subdued; 25. The Ynca visits his empire; 26. The flight of the brave Hanco-Hualla from the empire of the Yncas; 27. The colonies formed in the land of Hanco-Hualla; 28. The Ynca gave a name to his first-born son; 29. The death of Ynca Uira-Ccocha; Book VI: 1. The building and decoration of the royal palaces; 2. Every ornament for the royal palace was imitated in gold and silver; 3. Of the servantsof the royal palace; 4. Halls which were used for festivities; 5. How they interred the kings; 6. The solemn hunting excursions that the kings made; 7. Of the posts and runners; 8. How they counted by strings and knots; 9. What was noted in the accounts; 10. The Ynca Pachacutec visits his empire; 11. Of other provinces that were conquered by the Ynca; 12. Of the edifices, laws, and new conquests which the Ynca Pachacutec made; 13. The Ynca subdues these provincesby hunger and military strategy; 14. Of the good Curaca Huamachucu; 15. The people of Casamarca resist and eventually submit; 16. The conquest of Yauyu; 17. The Yncas subdue two coast valleys, and the Chinchas answer their message with defiance; 18. The obstinacy of the Chinchas; 19. Of the alleged ancient conquests of the Yuncas; 20. The principal festival of the sun; 21. In worshipping the sun, they were to the temple, and sacrificed a lamb; 22. Of the omens intheir sacrifices; 23. How they drank to each other and in what order; 24. Howthe knights were armed; 25. They were expected to know how to make their armsand their shoes; 26. When the prince became a novice he was treated with moreseverity than the others; 28. Of the devices worn by the kings; 29. Chuquimancu, the lord of four valleys, submits; 30. Of the valleys of Pachacamac and Rimac; 31. They demand submission from Cuismancu; 32. They go to conquer the king Chimu; 33. The obstinancy, misfortunes, and final submission of the great Chimu; 34. The Ynca continues to aggrandize his empire; 35. The Ynca Pachacutec increased the schools; 36. Many other laws of the Ynca Pachacutec; Book VII: 1. The Yncas formed colonies. They used two languages; 2. The heirs of the chiefs were brought up at court; 3. The court language; 4. Concerning the utility of the court language; 5. The third solemn feast in honour of the sun; 6. The fourth feast; 7. The nocturnal festival to drive evils out of the city; 8. Thedescription of the imperial city of Cuzco; 9. The city contained an epitome of the whole empire; 10. The site of the schools, and those of three palaces, and of the house of chosen virgins; 11. Of the wards and houses to the west of the stream; 12. Of two grants made by the city for pious purposes; 13. The newconquest that the king Ynca Yupanqui undertook; 14. The events of the expedition to Musu; 15. Vestiges which have been found of that expedition; 16. Concerning unfortunate events which hav

• ISBN: 978-1-108-01046-7
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 568
• Fecha Publicación: 08/04/2010
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• Idioma: Inglés