Narratives of the Rites and Laws of the Yncas

Edited and translated by Clements R. Markham

ISBN 10: 1108010601 / ISBN 13: 9781108010603

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2010

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1st edition. 252 pages. 8.35x5.51x0.79 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Narratives of the Rites and Laws of the Yncas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108010601
• ISBN 13: 9781108010603
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.33 kilograms

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Synopsis

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This 1873 volume was the second on the history of Peru to be translated and edited by Clements R. Markham, Secretary of the Society. It contains four manuscript accounts of the rites and laws of the Incas which throw light on many aspects of Inca and pre-Inca society. All were written by people who had lived and worked in Peru in the sixteenth and early seventeenth century and had access to indigenous sources and traditions. The book includes a contextualising introduction and several indexes.

Book Description

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available early accounts of exploration. This book, published in 1873, contains translations of four manuscripts describing the rites and laws of the Incas, by authors who had lived and worked in Peru in the sixteenth and early seventeenth century.