Public-domain audiobook
History of the Incas (audiobook)
Free audiobook of History of the Incas by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa: 7 h 41 min in 24 sections, read by LibriVox volunteers.
7 h 41 minrunning time
24sections
≈ 71,000words
About this recording
The author was commissioned in 1572 by the Viceroy of Peru to write this History of the Incas for King Philip II, as justification for the violent conquest of the Inca Empire. Sarmiento collected first-hand accounts and submitted this work along with four cloths with figures of the Incas and their wives, on medallions, their Ayllus (family clan), a genealogical tree, depicted historical events, and a map of the Inca Empire. His work has been deemed "the most authentic and reliable that has yet appeared." (Summary by mpinedag)
Sources & data
- From the LibriVox catalogue. Word count estimated at 9,300 words per hour of narration.