Excerpt from Trozos Escogidos de la Florida del Inca The Spaniards Who set sail from Panama under Francisco Pizarro, to conquer new countries and find gold, landed in Peru. That country was then peopled by Indian tribes of a gentle, pliant disposition, very different from that of the warlike Red Indians, and governed by a race of royal Indians called the Incas. It may be as well to point out here that, as Columbus died under the impression that in discovering America he had really discovered the East Indies, the name ...
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Excerpt from Trozos Escogidos de la Florida del Inca The Spaniards Who set sail from Panama under Francisco Pizarro, to conquer new countries and find gold, landed in Peru. That country was then peopled by Indian tribes of a gentle, pliant disposition, very different from that of the warlike Red Indians, and governed by a race of royal Indians called the Incas. It may be as well to point out here that, as Columbus died under the impression that in discovering America he had really discovered the East Indies, the name Indian was applied indiscriminately to all the inhabi tants of both Americas. Thus the Spanish word mdz'ewo in its modern use may be taken to mean a Spaniard who has made his fortune in America. The rule of the Incas, according to Garcilaso de la Vega el Inca, seems to have been beneficent, yet firm they exacted tribute from the very weakest and poorest, but on the other hand provided for the needs of all their subjects even to the point of arranging marriages for them. Garcilaso de la Vega el Inca himself was the son of an Indian princess and of one of the earliest conquistadores. His mother belonged to the Inca royal family; his father, called like himself Garcilaso de la Vega, was a relative of the famous poet who bore the same name. Owing to his descent and up - bringing Garcilaso de la Vega el Inca' was. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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