Records the history of Peru from the beginning of time up to the Spanish conquest (1532-1572). This work also portrays pre-colonial Inca society in detail and proposes Guaman Poma's own remedies to the abuses of the corrupt Spanish administration.
David Frye's skillful translation and abridgment of Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala's monumental First New Chronicle and Good Government (composed between 1600-1616) offers an unprecedented glimpse into pre-colonial Inca society and culture, the Spanish conquest of Peru (1532-1572), and life under the corrupt Spanish colonial administration. An Introduction provides essential historical and cultural background and discusses the author's literary and linguistic innovations. Maps, a glossary of terms, and seventy-five of Guaman Poma's ink drawings are also included.
