Garcilaso De La Vega

Garcilaso De La Vega (1539–1616), was a Spanish historian and soldier, born in Cuzco, Peru, the son of Sebastián De La Vega Y Vargas, a conqueror of Peru; his mother was an Inca princess, niece of Huayana Capac, and he called himself "El Inca". He went to Spain in 1560 and became a captain in the army. He later settled in Córdoba. He is best known for his two part history of the Incas of Peru and the Spanish conquest of Peru, Royal Commentaries of Peru (written between 1609 and his death, translated in 1869–1871). He also wrote a romanticized account of the expedition of the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto Florida of the Inca in 1605, which was not translated until 1951.