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Accn2419
Garcilaso de la Vega papers
1936-1945
Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616
0.1 linear feet
The Garcilaso de la Vega papers is a translation of Garcilaso de la Vega's book La Florida del ynca (La Florida of the Inca) first published in Lisbon, Spain, in 1605. It is an account of Hernando de Soto's expedition and journey of Florida. This 1936 partial translation is by Benita Brunson Lewis and Warren H. Wilkinson. Also contained in the collection is a 1945 letter of Warren H. Wilkinson to Albert C. Holt.
Collection materials are in
English.
Biographical Sketch
Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616), also known as Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, was born in Cusco, Peru, on 12 April, 1539. He was the illegitimate son of Sebastian Garcilaso de la Vega y Vargas (Spanish conquistador) and Isabel Suarez Chimpu Ocllo (Inca nobility). In 1560, Garcilaso travelled to Spain and was educated and in 1570, he entered the Spanish military service and fought against the Moors. Garcilaso de la Vega died on 23 April, 1616, at 77 years of age.
This is the 1936 partial translation of Garcilaso de la Vega's
La Florida of the Inca by Benita Brunson Lewis and Warren H. Wilkinson. La Florida of the Inca is an account of Hernando de Soto's expedition and journey of Florida, originally published in Lisbon, Spain, in 1605. It contains chronicles of de Soto's expedition according to information Garcilaso gathered. Also contained in the collection is a 1945 letter of Warren H. Wilkinson to Albert C. Holt.
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Initial Citation:
Garcilaso de la Vega papers, Accn 2419,
Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following Citations:Accn 2419.
Processed by Jeri Foster in 2008.
Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1539-1616--Archives
Soto, Hernando de, ca. 1500-1542
Florida--History--To 1565
Expeditions and Adventure
1
Partial Translation, La Florida of the Inca
1936-1945