History of the Inca Empire: An Account of the Indians' Customs and Their Origin, Together with a Treatise on Inca Legends, History, and Social Ins [Paperback]

TheHistoria 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.

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.

• Foreword by John Howland Rowe
• Introduction
• A Scientific Outlook of the Seventeenth Century
• A Note on the Translation
• Book I
  • 1. Concerning the sparse population of America and its causes
  • 2. Of the names which were given to the natives of the Indies and of their color
  • 3. Of the physical make-up, body proportions, and facial features of the Indians
  • 4. Of the natural make-up of the Indians
  • 5. Of the extreme ignorance and barbarity of the Indians
  • 6. Of the usages that the Indians have regarding their individual houses, clothing, and sustenance
  • 7. Of the most general customs common to all of the Indians
  • 8. In which the same topic is continued
  • 9. Of the many languages used by the various nations of Indians, and how these all seem to have a common origin
  • 10. In which all the Indian nations are divided into three categories
  • 11. On the origin of these peoples of America
  • 12. In which the same is continued
  • 13. How the animals and birds that we find here must have come to this land
  • 14. In which the same topic is continued
  • 15. lÙ