Pedro Sarmiento De Gamboa: 7 books

History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, spanish explorer, author, historian, astronomer, and scientist (1532-1592) This ebook presents «History of the Incas », from Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected....

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...

According to Wikipedia: "Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (15321592) was a Galician (Spanish) explorer, author, historian, astronomer, and scientist… Written in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire, just forty years after the arrival of the first Spaniards in the city, Sarmiento's The History of...

The publication of the text of the Sarmiento manuscript in the Library of Göttingen University, has enabled the Council to present the members of the Hakluyt Society with the most authentic narrative of events connected with the history of the Incas of Peru. The history of this manuscript, and of...

This volume contains three complete works by Hiram Bingham, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, and William Prescott. Bingham’s “Inca Land” provides fascinating insights into the ancient and more modern cultures of the Incas and Peru, all in the context of his discovery of Machu Picchu. Sarpiento...

This rare manuscript — written by a Spanish military officer and dedicated to King Philip II of Spain in 1572 — is considered one of the primary sources of information on the pre-Conquest history, traditions, and chronology of the Incas. One of the most authentic and reliable records of the period,...

The publication of the text of the Sarmiento manuscript in the Library of Gastingen University, has enabled the Council to present the members of the Hakluyt Society with the most authentic narrative of events connected with the history of the Incas of Peru.