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LETTER OF HERNANDO PIZARRO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2012

By
Hernando Pizarro
Edited and translated by
Clements R. Markham
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To the Magnificent Lords, the Judges of the Royal Audience of His Majesty who reside in the city of Santo Domingo

Magnificent Lords,—I arrived in this port of Yaguana on my way to Spain, by order of the Governor Francisco Pizarro, to inform his Majesty of what has happened in that government of Peru, to give an account of the country, and of its present condition; and, as I believe that those who come to this city give your worships inconsistent accounts, it has seemed well to me to write a summary of what has taken place, that you may be informed of the truth, from the time that Ysasaga came from that land, by whom your worships will have been apprised of what had taken place up to the time of his departure.

The Governor, in the name of his Majesty, founded a town near the sea coast, which was called San Miguel. It is twenty-five leagues from that point of Tumbez. Having left citizens there, and assigned the Indians in the district to them, he set out with sixty horse and ninety foot, in search of the town of Caxamalca, at which place he was informed that Atabaliva then was, the son of old Cuzco, and brother of him who is now Lord of that land. Between the two brothers there had been a very fierce war, and this Atabaliva had conquered the land as far as he then was, which, from the point whence he started, was a hundred and fifty leagues.

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Reports on the Discovery of Peru , pp. 113 - 128
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010
First published in: 1872

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