Garcilasode la Vega

Gar·ci·la·so de la Ve·ga (gär'sə-läʹsō də lə vāʹgə, gär-thē-läʹsō thĕ lä vĕʹgä), Known as “El Inca.” 1539?-1616.

Peruvian-born Spanish soldier, historian, and translator. The son of an Inca princess, he vividly retold Peruvian history and folklore in his Comentarios Reales (1609).

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