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The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call'd, the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof : with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities : collected from the original relations sent to the kings of Spain. Vol. IV, 1725

Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (Author), John Stevens (Translator), Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
Volume IV of an abridged and inaccurate translation of the first three decades of Herrera's 'Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos'. This volume includes descriptions of the social customs, religion and government of indigenous peoples in Mexico, Yucatan, Guatemala, and Peru. It describes Diego de Almagro's arrival in Peru and Francisco Pizarro's arrival at Cajamarca and his encounter with the Incas. The customs, religion and government of the Incas is also described
eBook, English, 1726
Jer. Batley, London, 1726