1st Edition

Memorias antiguas historiales del Peru, by Fernando Montesinos

    224 Pages
    by Hakluyt Society

    Text written in the seventeenth century, translated and edited by Philip Ainsworth Means, with an Introduction by the late Sir Clements R. Markham. The translation is from the Spanish edition of Marcos Jiménez de la Espada, published Madrid, 1882. Also includes 'Eight chronological tables ... compiled by P. A. Means'; 'List of words in the names of kings and Incas ...' and 'Quichua words in Montesinos'. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1920.

    FOREWORD, INTRODUCTION BY SIR CLEMENTS MARKHAM INTRODUCTION, CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES, LIST OF WORDS IN THE NAMES OF KINGS AND INCAS GIVEN BY MONTESINOS, CHAPTER I. Of the manner in which government and good order were first established among the Indians of Pirn, CHAPTER II. How the families of Cuzco raised up Manco Capac as their Lord, and of an Embassy which other Lords sent to him, CHAPTER III. Of a strange event which took place in Cuzco while the King Manco Capac and the Lords of the Region were making ready for the marriage feasts, CHAPTER IV. How, through the deaths of Manco Capac and of the neighbouring Lords, great wars broke forth between their successors, and of the end that was put to the matter by a strange event, CHAPTER V. Of the esteem in which were held Sinchi Cozque Pachacuti and his sons and relatives; and of the outcome of the war which the Lords of Antaguailas made against them, CHAPTER VI. Of the things which Inti Capac Yupanqui ordered in Cuzco with respect to religion and to government, CHAPTER VII. Of the other matters which the King Inti Capac ordered for the good government of his kingdom and of his death, CHAPTER VIII. Concerning the signs which appeared in the sky in the time of Manco Capac, second of that name, CHAPTER IX. Of what occurred in the time of this King in Cuzco, and of the origin of the giants in Piru, CHAPTER X. Of the King Titu Yupanqui Pachacuti and of the reforms which he made in his kingdom, CHAPTER XI. Of other Peruvian Kings, and of some events in their reigns, CHAPTER XII. Continues the succession of the Peruvian Kings, CHAPTER XIII. Concerning the events and succession of some of the Kings of Piru, CHAPTER XIV. Of the confusion which was caused in Cuzco by the entrance of strange peoples into Piru, because of which the use of letters was lost, CHAPTER XV. Of the events in the time of Tupac Cauri Pachacuti the Seventh, and of other Peruvian Kings, CHAPTER XVI. Of the origin of the Kings Ingas and of the manner in which they introduced themselves into the government, CHAPTER XVII. In which the subject of the last chapter is continued and the outcome of the matter is related, CHAPTER XVIII. Concerning the marriage of Inga Roca, CHAPTER XIX. How the King of Vilcas and other Lords sent their obedience to Inga Roca, and of his return to Cuzco, CHAPTER XX. Of what befell Inga Capac Yupanqui and his brother, and of the lives of other Ingas, CHAPTER XXI. Certain things are told relating to the antecedents and deeds of the Inga Sinchi Roca, CHAPTER XXII. Of the manner in which the Inga Sinchi Roca entered Cuzco triumphant, and of his death, CHAPTER XXIII. Of the time in which Inga Huira Cocha began to reign, and of his deeds and achievements, CHAPTER XXIV. How Inga Huira Cocha set forth from Cuzco to the conquest of the Chachapoyas and of the Paltas, CHAPTER XXV. PAGE Of what Inga Huira Cocha did in Quito, and how he sent troops to the conquest of the Cofanes, CHAPTER XXVI. How Inga Huira Cocha returned to the province of the Canares and conquered it; and of the reason why that province is called Tumipampa, CHAPTER XXVII. Of Tupac Yupanqui, eighth of the Ingas, and how his son, Huaina Capac, succeeded him, CHAPTER XXVIII. How the Lord of Cayambe fortified himself with many troops in a lake called Yaguarcocha, and how the Inca conquered him, INDEX

    Biography

    Sir Clements R. Markham, Philip Ainsworth Means