Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Dedication
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- NOTES TOUCHING THE GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF PERU
- THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I WHETHER THERE ARE MANY WORLDS: ALSO TREATING OF THE FIVE ZONES
- CHAPTER II WHETHER THERE ARE ANTIPODES
- CHAPTER III HOW THE NEW WORLD WAS DISCOVERED
- CHAPTER IV THE DERIVATION OF THE WORD “PERU.”
- CHAPTER V AUTHORITIES IN CONFIRMATION OF THE NAME “PERÙ
- CHAPTER VI WHAT A CERTAIN AUTHOR SAYS TOUCHING THIS NAME OF PERU
- CHAPTER VII OF OTHER DERIVATIONS OF NEW WORDS
- CHAPTER VIII THE DESCRIPTION OF PERU
- CHAPTER IX OF THE IDOLATRY OF THE INDIANS AND OF THE GODS THEY WORSHIPPED BEFORE THE TIME OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER X OF MANY OTHER GODS THAT THEY HAD
- CHAPTER XI OF THE MANNER OF THEIR SACRIFICES
- CHAPTER XII CONCERNING THE MODE OF LIFE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ANCIENT PEOPLE, AND OF THE THINGS THEY ATE
- CHAPTER XIII HOW THEY DRESSED IN THOSE ANCIENT TIMES
- CHAPTER XIV DIFFERENT MODES OF MARRIAGE, AND DIVERS LANGUAGES. HOW THEY USED POISONS AND PRACTISED SORCERY
- CHAPTER XV THE ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS KINGS OF PERU
- CHAPTER XVI THE FOUNDATION OF CUZCO, THE IMPERIAL CITY
- CHAPTER XVII OF THE COUNTRY WHICH WAS BROUGHT UNDER THE RULE OF THE YNCA MANCO CCAPAC
- CHAPTER XVIII OF FABULOUS ACCOUNTS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER XIX PROTEST OF THE AUTHOR TOUCHING THE HISTORY
- CHAPTER XX THE VILLAGES WHICH THE FIRST YNCA ORDERED TO BE FOUNDED
- CHAPTER XXI THE THINGS WHICH THE YNCA TAUGHT TO HIS VASSALS
- CHAPTER XXII THE HONOURABLE BADGES WHICH THE YNCA GAVE TO HIS FOLLOWERS
- CHAPTER XXIII OF OTHER FASHIONS, AND OF THE NAME OF YNCA
- CHAPTER XXIV NAMES BY WHICH THE INDIANS KNEW THEIR KING
- CHAPTER XXV OF THE WILL AND DEATH OF THE YNCA MANCO CCAPAC
- CHAPTER XXVI OF THE ROYAL NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- INDEX
CHAPTER VII - OF OTHER DERIVATIONS OF NEW WORDS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2010
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Dedication
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- NOTES TOUCHING THE GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF PERU
- THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I WHETHER THERE ARE MANY WORLDS: ALSO TREATING OF THE FIVE ZONES
- CHAPTER II WHETHER THERE ARE ANTIPODES
- CHAPTER III HOW THE NEW WORLD WAS DISCOVERED
- CHAPTER IV THE DERIVATION OF THE WORD “PERU.”
- CHAPTER V AUTHORITIES IN CONFIRMATION OF THE NAME “PERÙ
- CHAPTER VI WHAT A CERTAIN AUTHOR SAYS TOUCHING THIS NAME OF PERU
- CHAPTER VII OF OTHER DERIVATIONS OF NEW WORDS
- CHAPTER VIII THE DESCRIPTION OF PERU
- CHAPTER IX OF THE IDOLATRY OF THE INDIANS AND OF THE GODS THEY WORSHIPPED BEFORE THE TIME OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER X OF MANY OTHER GODS THAT THEY HAD
- CHAPTER XI OF THE MANNER OF THEIR SACRIFICES
- CHAPTER XII CONCERNING THE MODE OF LIFE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ANCIENT PEOPLE, AND OF THE THINGS THEY ATE
- CHAPTER XIII HOW THEY DRESSED IN THOSE ANCIENT TIMES
- CHAPTER XIV DIFFERENT MODES OF MARRIAGE, AND DIVERS LANGUAGES. HOW THEY USED POISONS AND PRACTISED SORCERY
- CHAPTER XV THE ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS KINGS OF PERU
- CHAPTER XVI THE FOUNDATION OF CUZCO, THE IMPERIAL CITY
- CHAPTER XVII OF THE COUNTRY WHICH WAS BROUGHT UNDER THE RULE OF THE YNCA MANCO CCAPAC
- CHAPTER XVIII OF FABULOUS ACCOUNTS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER XIX PROTEST OF THE AUTHOR TOUCHING THE HISTORY
- CHAPTER XX THE VILLAGES WHICH THE FIRST YNCA ORDERED TO BE FOUNDED
- CHAPTER XXI THE THINGS WHICH THE YNCA TAUGHT TO HIS VASSALS
- CHAPTER XXII THE HONOURABLE BADGES WHICH THE YNCA GAVE TO HIS FOLLOWERS
- CHAPTER XXIII OF OTHER FASHIONS, AND OF THE NAME OF YNCA
- CHAPTER XXIV NAMES BY WHICH THE INDIANS KNEW THEIR KING
- CHAPTER XXV OF THE WILL AND DEATH OF THE YNCA MANCO CCAPAC
- CHAPTER XXVI OF THE ROYAL NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- INDEX
Summary
As the adoption of the name of Peru does not stand alone, we will treat of other similar names which were given before and after it: for though we shall thus anticipate a little, it will not be amiss to do so, that their origin may be known when we come to them in their places. And the first shall be Puerto Viejo, because it is near the place where the name of Peru originated. It must be known then that the sea from Panama to the city of the kings is navigated with much difficulty, owing to the currents and the southerly winds, which are always met with on that coast. By reason of these foul winds ships were obliged to sail out of a port on one tack for twenty or thirty leagues, and to return to the coast on the other, and in this manner they navigated the coast, always sailing on a bowline. It often happens that when a vessel does not sail well on a wind, she finds herself further to leeward than when she started from the coast. When Francis Drake, the Englishman, entered by the Straits of Magellan, he learnt a better way of navigating, by extending the length of the tacks for three or four hundred leagues out to sea.
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- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas , pp. 36 - 39Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010