Narrative of the Incas / by Juan de Betanzos ; translated and edited by Roland Hamilton and Dana Buchanan from the Palma de Mallorca manuscript.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Betanzos, Juan de, -1576.

Contributor:

Hamilton, Roland, 1936-

Buchanan, Dana, 1939-

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Suma y narración de los incas. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Incas--History.

Incas.

History.

Indians of South America.

Peru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548.

Peru.

Indians of South America--Andes Region--History.

Andes Region.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xviii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 1996.

Summary:

'Narrative of the Incas' presents the first complete English translation of the original manuscript of this key document. Although written by a Spaniard, it presents an authentic Inca worldview, drawn from the personal experiences and oral translations told to Betanzos by his Inca wife, Dona Angelina, and other members of her aristocratic family who lived during the reigns of the last Inca rulers, Huayna Capac Huascar and Atahualpa. Betanzos wrote a history of the Inca empire that focuses on the major rulers and the contributions each one made to the growth of the empire and of Inca culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0292755600

0292755597

OCLC:

33207566