Travels of Pedro de Cieza de León, A.D. 1532–50
Contained in the First Part of his Chronicle of Peru

Volume 33 of the publications of the Hakluyt Society (1874) contains detailed eye-witness descriptions of sixteenth-century Peru.

Pedro de Cieza de León (Author), Clements R. Markham (Translated by)

9781108013345, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 May 2010

524 pages, 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.66 kg

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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India.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.

Introduction
Dedication
Prologue
1. Which treats of the discovery of the Indies
2. Of the city of Panama
3. Of the ports between Panama and the land of Peru
4. Describes the navigation as far as the Callao of Lima
5. Of the ports and rivers on the coast
6. How the city of San Sebastian was founded
7. How the barb is made so poisonous
8. In which other customs of the Indians subject to the city of Uraba are described
9. Of the road between the city of San Sebastian and the city of Antioquia
10. Of the grandeur of the mountains of Abibe
11. Of the cacique Nutibara, and of his territory
12. Of the customs of those Indians
13. Of the description of the province of Popayan
14. Containing an account of the road between the city of Antioquia and the town of Anzerma
15. Of the customs of the Indians of this land
16. Of the customs of the Caciques and Indians in the neighbourhood of the town of Anzerma
17. Concerning the provinces and towns between the city of Antioquia and the town of Arma
18. Of the province of Arma
19. The sacrifices offered up by these Indians
20. Of the province of Paucura
21. Of the Indians of Peru
22. Of the province of Picara
23. Of the province of Carrapa
24. Of the province of Quinbaya
25. In which the subjected of the preceding chapter is continued
26. Which touches upon the provinces in this great and beautiful valley, up to the city of Cali
27. Of the situation of the city of Cali
28. Of the villages and chiefs of Indians who are within the jurisdiction of this city of Cali
29. In which the matter relating to the city of Cali is concluded
30. In which the road is described from the city of Cali to that of Popayan
31. Concerning the river of Santa Martha
32. In which the account of the villages and chiefs subject to the city of Popayan is concluded
33. In which an account is given of what there is between Popayan and the city of Pasto
34. In which the account of what there is in this country is concluded, as far as the boundary of Pasto
35. Of the notable fountains and rivers in these provinces
36. Which contains the description and appearance of the kingdom of Peru from the city of Quito to the town of La Plata
37. Of the villages and provinces between the town of Pasto and the city of Quito
38. In which it is stated who were the Kings Yncas, and how they ruled over Peru
39. Of other villages and buildings between Carangue and the city of Quito
40. Of the situation of the city of San Francisco del Quito
41. Concerning the villages beyond Quito as far as the royal palaces of Tumebamba
42. Of the other villages between Llacta-cunga and Riobamba
43. Which treats of what there is to be said concerning the other Indian villages
44. Concerning the grandeur of the rich palaces of Tumebamba
45. Concerning the road which leads from the province of Quito to the coast of the South Sea
46. In which an account is given of certain things relating to the province of Puerto Viejo
47. Treating of the question whether the Indians of this province were conquered by the Yncas or not
48. How these Indians were conquered by Huayna Ccapac
49. Religious practices
50. How in ancient times the Indians of Manta worshipped
51. In which the account of the Indians of Puerto Viejo is finished
52. Of the wells which there are at the point of Santa Elena
53. Concerning the foundation of the city of Guayaquil
54. Of the island of Pena, and of that of La Plata
56. How the city of Santiago de Guayaquil was founded
57. Of the Indian villages between the buildings of Tumebamba and the city of Loxa
58. Concerning the provinces between Tamboblanco and the city of San Miguel
59. In which the narrative is continued down to the foundation of the city of San Miguel
60. Concerning the road which the Yncas ordered to be made
61. How these Yuncas were very superstitious
62. How the

Subject Areas: History of the Americas [HBJK]