The General History of Peru: Book 1

Book 1 covers both the history of the Inca Empire and the first forty years of the Spanish occupation, up to and including the fall of Vilcabamba in 1572. While the J. Paul Getty Museum produced a digital facsimile of Mur's full Historia in 2008, it remained underused and, until now, untranslated. This translation revitalizes the momentous early volume with an introduction offering a window into Mur's life and the writing of his Historia, and extensive footnotes that provide the scholarly context of Mur's work.

This edition of The General History of Peru: Book 1 provides long-awaited access to Mur's contribution to Indigenous Andean history and early colonial Peru. The book is valuable for English-speaking students and scholars of pre-Hispanic Andean history, especially those interested in the ancient Andean world and colonial Peru's literary production.