History of the Inca Empire (Texas Pan American Series)

by R.Hamilton (Translator), Bernabe Cobo (Author)

New
Paperback
1983
$37.40

The Historia del Nuevo Mundo, set down by Father Bernabe Cobo during the first half of the seventeenth century, represents a singulary valuable source on Inca culture. Working directly frorn the original document, Roland Hamilton has translated that part of Cobo's massive manuscripts that focuses on the history of the kingdom of Peru. The volume includes a general account of the aspect, character, and dress of the Indians as well as a superb treatise on the Incas-their legends, history, and social institutions.

Synopsis

The Historia del Nuevo Mundo, set down by Father Bernabe Cobo during the first half of the seventeenth century, represents a singulary valuable source on Inca culture. Working directly frorn the original document, Roland Hamilton has translated that part of Cobo's massive manuscripts that focuses on the history of the kingdom of Peru. The volume includes a general account of the aspect, character, and dress of the Indians as well as a superb treatise on the Incas-their legends, history, and social institutions.

$37.40

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 279
Edition: New edition
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 01 Jun 1983
ISBN 10: 029273025X
ISBN 13: 9780292730250

Media Reviews

While Cobo's Historia is not a pristine account, it is hard to imagine what our knowledge of Andean societies would be without it. Four hundred years after Cobo landed in Lima, Roland Hamilton should be congratulated on his translations of the Historia del Nuevo Mundo, which remains a monument to the breadth of vision and intellectual energy of its author. * American Antiquity *

Author Bio

Bernabe Cobo (1582-1657) was a Spanish Jesuit who lived for many years in colonial Spanish America. Roland Hamilton is Professor of Spanish at San Jose State University.