Travels of Pedro de Cieza de Leon, A.D. 1532 50: Contained in the First Part of His Chronicle of Peru (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108013345)

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. Pedro de Cierza de León (c.1520-1554) was a Spanish solider who participated in many expeditions throughout South America. Between 1548 and 1553 he travelled across Peru, interviewing local officials and Inca prisoners and collecting information about the landscape and indigenous people. Volume 33 of the Hakluyt series, first published in 1874 and reissued here, begins the first English translation of his work, which was continued in Volume 68 (1883). This volume contains detailed descriptions of the geography of Peru and an ethnographical account of different indigenous cultures.

Author: Pedro De Cieza De Leon,Cieza de Leon Pedro de
ISBN-10: 1108013341
ISBN-13: 9781108013345
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/20/2010
Pages: 524
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.17d