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 II - WHETHER THERE ARE ANTIPODES
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
To the question whether there are Antipodes or not, it may be replied that, the world being round (as is notorious), it is certain that there are. But for my part I hold that, the lower part of this world not having been completely discovered, it cannot certainly be known what provinces are the antipodes of those on this side, as some affirm. This may be said more truly of the heavens than of the earth; for the poles are opposite each other, and so are the east and west, at any point on the equinoctial. Nor can it be certainly known whence so many tribes of such different languages and customs, as are found in the New World, can have come from. For if it be said that they came by the sea in ships, there arise difficulties touching the animals that are found in the New World, for how and in what manner could they have been embarked, some of them being more noxious than useful. If it be supposed that they came by land, still greater difficulties arise; for if the domesticated animals of the Old World were brought that way, how is it that others were not brought which have since been conveyed to the New World? If it be that they could not bring so many, how is it that they did not leave behind some of those that are met with?
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- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas , pp. 19 - 20Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010