History of the Inca Empire: An Account of the Indians' Customs and their Origin, Together with a Treatise on Inca Legends, History, and Social Institutions

Cobo, Bernabe

ISBN 10: 029273025X / ISBN 13: 9780292730250

Published by University of Texas Press, 1991

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Very Good. 1991 University of Texas Press, Austin. Texas Pan American Series. Translated and edited by Roland Hamilton. Foreword by John Howeland Rowe. 279 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Top back corner has a small crease. Pages very lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: History of the Inca Empire: An Account of the Indians' Customs and their Origin, Together with a Treatise on Inca Legends, History, and Social Institutions
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 029273025X
• ISBN 13: 9780292730250
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • South America

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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.

About the Author

Bernabe Cobo (1582–1657) was a Spanish Jesuit who lived for many years in colonial Spanish America.

The translator, Roland Hamilton, is professor of Spanish at San Jose State University.