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Comentarios Reales de los Incas (Royal Commentaries of the Incas)
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega · 1609 · Spanish
Ancient text
Comentarios Reales de los Incas (Royal Commentaries of the Incas)
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
A history of the Incas written in Spain by the son of a Spanish captain and the Inca noblewoman Chimpu Ocllo. Source of the best-known version of Manco Cápac and Mama Ocllo as children of the Sun, and of detailed descriptions of the Coricancha and Inti Raymi, filtered through the author's wish to present Inca religion as a preparation for Christianity.
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A history of the Incas written in Spain by the son of a Spanish captain and the Inca noblewoman Chimpu Ocllo. Source of the best-known version of Manco Cápac and Mama Ocllo as children of the Sun, and of detailed descriptions of the Coricancha and Inti Raymi, filtered through the author's wish to present Inca religion as a preparation for Christianity.
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