Books by Garcilaso de la Vega, El Inca
Royal Commentaries of the Incas (1609)
by Garcilaso de la Vega, El Inca
This autobiography is about the hybridisation of America but it also shows the Indians in a good light from a European point of view. If Columbus and de Vaca showed the Indians as they saw them then las Casas and de la Vega try to show them as potential Europeans. This was partly because of their own cultural prejudices but also because they wanted to get the best for their Indians – not that those Indians got to voice an opinion on what was best for them. In Europe, of course, de la Vega traded on being South American royalty.
Interviews where books by Garcilaso de la Vega, El Inca were recommended
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The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America
by Bartolomé de las Casas -
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Shipwrecks and Commentaries
by Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca -
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A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies (1552)
by Bartolomé de las Casas -
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Royal Commentaries of the Incas (1609)
by Garcilaso de la Vega, El Inca -
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Red Earth, White Lies
by Vine Deloria Jr
The best books on Rewriting America, recommended by Robert Goodwin
The best books on Rewriting America, recommended by Robert Goodwin
Expert in Spanish Colonial History describes Christopher Columbus as a character from science fiction. Huge political irony that the first exploration of North America was led by a black man
