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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789428503321

Autore

Yupangui Diego de Castro, titu cussi, <active 16th century, >

Titolo

An Inca account of the Conquest of Peru / / by titu cusi Yupanqui ; translated, introduced, and annotated by Ralph Bauer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colorado : , : University Press of Colorado, , [2005]

©2005

ISBN

1-60732-046-0

1-4571-1077-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

985/.02

Soggetti

Peru History Conquest, 1522-1548

Peru History 1548-1820

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-157) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; Translation of Titu Cusi Yupanqui's Account; Bibliography; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Available in English for the first time, An Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru is a firsthand account of the Spanish invasion, narrated in 1570 by Diego de Castro Titu Cusi Yupanqui - the penultimate ruler of the Inca dynasty - to a Spanish missionary and transcribed by a mestizo assistant. The resulting hybrid document offers an Inca perspective on the Spanish conquest of Peru, filtered through the monk and his scribe.  Titu Cusi tells of his father's maltreatment at the hands of the conquerors; his father's ensuing military campaigns, withdrawal, and murder; and his own succession as ruler