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I do not approve of the overthrow of power in any way, but I still mourn the extortion and ill-treatment inflicted by the
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His father, Lope de León, was a shopkeeper in the town, and his mother, Leonor de
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Cieza de León participated in various expeditions throughout South
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Espinosa sold one hundred and thirty copies, in Toledo thirty - Juan Sanchez de Andrade, and eight - Diego Gutierrez from Los Rios de Cordoba. Juan de Casalla from
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These three books were published in the 19th century, and it is unknown whether the author completed the last two: "War in
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for Cieza, as an adult. No one can dispute his primacy regarding the Incan power. The history of the
Castilian chronicler immediately introduced the Incas into world history."
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