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[Vinegia (i.e. Venice): Stampato per Stephano da Sabio, 1535].. [62] leaves. Small quarto. Later vellum over boards, manuscript title on spine. Corners bumped and lightly worn. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Several leaves lightly dampstained. Light scattered soiling. Very good. As one of the "Men of Cajamarca," Francisco de Xerez holds a very special place among writers on the earliest period of Spanish contact with the Inca of Peru: he was there from day one, a member of the very small band of men who left Panama with Pizarro and Almagro to seek fame and fortune in South America. At Cajamarca he participated in the taking of the Inca leader, Atahualpa, the slaughter of his army, and the sharing of the ransom demanded of the Inca nation for the return of their leader. By training Xerez was a notary public and practiced writer, and he was by choice Pizarro's secretary/confidant, the two having been close since at least 1524, when they met in Panama. In 1534, when he returned to Spain, Xerez…
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LIBRO PRIMO DE LA CONQVISTA DEL PERV & PROUINCIA DEL CUZCO DE LE INDIE OCCIDENTALI
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