The First New Chronicle and Good Government: On the History of the World and the Incas Up to 1615

The First New Chronicle and Good Government: On the History of the World and the Incas Up to 1615
ISBN-10
0292719590
ISBN-13
9780292719590
Category
History
Pages
363
Language
English
Published
2009-07-01
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Authors
Roland Hamilton, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala

Description

"Working from the original manuscript and consulting with fellow Quechua- and Spanish-language experts, Roland Hamilton here provides the most complete and authoritative English translation of approximately the first third of The First New Chronicle and Good Government. The sections included in this volume (pages 1 369 of the manuscript) cover the history of Peru from the earliest times and the lives of each of the Inca rulers and their wives, as well as a wealth of information about ordinances, age grades, the calendar, idols, sorcerers, burials, punishments, jails, songs, palaces, roads, storage houses, and government officials. One hundred forty-six of Guaman Poma's detailed illustrations amplify the text." "One of the best sources for understanding the culture of the Incas and the first century of colonial Peru, The First New Chronicle and Good Government will be essential reading for all students of Andean pre- and colonial history."--BOOK JACKET.

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