History of the Inca Empire

<p>The <i>Historia del Nuevo Mundo</i> set down by Father Bernabe Cobo during the first half of the seventeenth century represents a singulary valuable source on Inca culture. Working directly frorn the original document Roland Hamilton has translated that part of Cobo's massive manuscripts that focuses on the history of the kingdom of Peru. The volume includes a general account of the aspect character and dress of the Indians as well as a superb treatise on the Incas-their legends history and social institutions.</p>