Table of Contents

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

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