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History of the Inca Empire: an account of the Indians' customs and their origin, together with a treatise on Inca legends, history, and social institutions
Bernabé Cobo and Roland Hamilton
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Frontmatter
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Foreward by John Howland Rowe (page ix)
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Introduction (page xiii)
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A Scientific Outlook of the Seventeenth Century (page xviii)
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A Note on the Translation (page xx)
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BOOK I
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1. Concerning the sparse population of America and its causes (page 3)
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2. Of the names which were given to the natives of the Indies and of their color (page 8)
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3. Of the physical makeup, body proportions, and facial features of the Indians (page 13)
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4. Of the natural make-up of the Indians (page 17)
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5. Of the extreme ignorance and barbarity of the Indians (page 20)
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6. Of the usages that the Indians have regarding their individual houses, clothing, and sustenance (page 25)
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7. Of the most general customs common to all of the Indians, and how these all seem to have a common origin (page 29)
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8. In which the same topic is continued (page 33)
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9. Of the many languages used by the various nations of Indians, and how these all seem to have a common origin (page 39)
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10. In which all the Indian nations are divided into three categories (page 43)
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11. On the origin of these peoples of America (page 47)
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12. In which the same is continued (page 52)
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13. How the animals andbirds that we find here must have come to this land (page 56)
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14. In which the same topic is continued (page 60)
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15. In which is given the opinion of those who place within these Occidental Indies the region called Ophir in the Divine Scriptures, to which the ships of Solomon navigated (page 64)
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16. In which the proposed opinion is refuted (page 67)
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17. Of another argument with which the same thing is proven as in the last chapter (page 71)
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18. The same thing is proven with other evidence (page 78)
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19. The same subject is continued (page 84)
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20. In which the arguments of the opposing opinion are answered and the location of Ophir is established (page 88)
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BOOK II
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1. Of the former inhabitants of Peru before the Incas reigned (page 94)
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2. Of the efforts that have been made several times to ascertain the true history of the Incas and the rites and customs of their republic (page 98)
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3. Of the legendary origin of the Incas, former kings of Peru (page 103)
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4. Of Manco Capac, the first king of the Incas (page 108)
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5. Of the second Inca, named Cinchi Roca (page 113)
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6. Of Lloque Yupanqui, the third Inca (page 115)
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7. Of Mayta Capac, fourth king of the Incas (page 118)
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8. Of the Inca Capac Yupanqui, fifth king of Peru (page 121)
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9. Of the sixth king of Peru, named Inca Roca (page 124)
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10. Of Yahuar Huacac Inca Yupanqui,the seventh king (page 126)
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11. Of Viracocha Inca, eighth king (page 130)
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12. Of Pachacutic Inca Yupanqui, ninth king (page 133)
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13. Of the rest of Pachacutic's victories (page 138)
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14. Of Tupa Inca Yupanqui, the tenth king (page 142)
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15. Of the rest of the events in the life of Tupa Inca Yupanqui (page 148)
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16. Of Guayna Capac, the last king of the Incas (page 152)
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17. In which the deeds of Guayna Capac are continued (page 157)
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18. Of the Inca brothers Huascar and Atauhualpa (page 163)
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19. Of the rest of the things that happened in this war (page 167)
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20. Of the rest of the Incas, sons of Guayna Capac who had the king's fringe (page 172)
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21. Of the sons of Manco Inca who maintained the title of king in Vilcabamba (page 178)
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22. Of the name and locality occupied by the Kingdom of the Incas, and how these kings came to rule so many people and provinces (page 185)
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23. How the Incas administered newly conquered lands by putting in these lands outsiders whom they called mitimaes, and the types there were of them (page 189)
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24. How the Incas organized the people that they subjugated into towns, and the way they arranged the towns (page 194)
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25. Of the governors, caciques, and other superiors to whom the Incas delegated the governance of their states (page 198)
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26. Of the laws and punishments with which the Incas governed their kingdom (page 203)
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27. Of the distinction between nobles and taxpayers that there was in this kingdom, and of the way that the latter had of paying tribute, and the way the king paid salaries to his ministers and rewarded his vassals for the services that they rendered to him (page 208)
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28. Of the division that the Inca made of the farmlands, and of the estate and rents that the Inca and Religion received from them (page 211)
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29. Of the order in which the domesticated livestock was distributed, and the income that the Inca and Religion received in livestock and in clothing from its wool; and how the hunting grounds and woods were royal patrimony (page 215)
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30. Of the storehouses belonging to the Inca and to Religion, the goods that were collected in them, and how these goods were used (page 218)
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31. Of the roads that the Incas made throughout their kingdom and the labor service that was provided by the provinces to repair them (page 223)
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32. Of the tambos and chasques and the tribute that the Indians gave in providing the labor service for them (page 228)
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33. Of the rest of the tribute that the Indians paid their king in personal services (page 231)
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34. Of the tribute of boys and girls that the Inca collected from his vassals and for what purposes they were used (page 235)
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35. Of the control and great power that the Incas had gained over their vassals, and the fear and reverence with which the vassals obeyed and served the Incas (page 239)
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36. Of the order they followed in installing the Inca, the royal insignias, and the Inca's great majesty and splendor (page 244)
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37. Of their computation of time, of the quipos or recording devices, and the method of counting that the Peruvian Indians had (page 251)
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Notes (page 257)
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Glossary (page 263)
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Bibliography (page 269)
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Index (page 271)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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HAHR | 61.2 (May 1981): 303-304 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0018-2168%28198105%2961%3A2%3C303%3AHOTIEA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7 |
AE | 8.1 (Feb. 1981): 202 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0094-0496%28198102%298%3A1%3C202%3AHOTIEA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q |
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Published: c1979
Publisher: University of Texas Press
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