Voices from Vilcabamba: Accounts Chronicling the Fall of the Inca Empire

Synopsis

An Overview Of Major Events That Occurred In The Vilcabamba Region Of Peru During The Final Decades Of Inca Rule And English Translations Of Several Major Period Documents. A New Source Of Important Archival And Archaeological Information Examining The Fall Of The Inca Empire In Unprecedented Detail-- List Of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Note On Translations -- Vilcabamba And The Fall Of The Inca Empire -- Martín Hurtado De Arbieto And The Spanish Colonization Of Vilcabamba -- Document 1. Martín De Murúa And The Fall Of Vilcabamba : An English Translation Of Murúa's General History Of Peru (chapters 70, 72-85) -- Document 2. Baltasar De Ocampo Conejeros And The Province Of Vilcabamba -- Document 3. Diego Rodríguez De Figueroa's Journey Into Vilcabamba -- Document 4. Antonio Bautista De Salazar And The Fall Of Vilcabamba -- Document 5. The Death, Interments, And Miracles Of Fray Diego Ortiz (vilcabamba, Peru). Brian S. Bauer, Madeleine Halac-higashimori, And Gabriel E. Cantarutti. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.