ABSTRACT
Translated and Edited, with Notes and an Introduction, From the 1609 Lisbon edition. Continued in First Series 45. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1869.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |86 pages
The First Book of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas, which Treats of the Discovery of the New World, the Derivation of the Word Peru, the Idolatry and Customs of the Indians in Former Times, their Origin, the Life of the First Ynca, what he did with his First Vassals, and the Meaning of the Royal Titles
part |108 pages
Second Book of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas, in which an Account is Given on the Idolatry of the Yncas, and how they Sought our True God; how they held the Doctrine of the Immortality of the Soul, and the Universal Resurrection. It Describes their Sacrifices and Ceremonies, and how, for the Government of their People, they were Registered in Decurias; of the Office of Decurion
part |82 pages
Third Book of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas
part |64 pages
Fourth Book of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas