Garcilaso de la Vega

[ gahr-suh-lah-soh duh luh vey-guh; Spanish gahr-thee-lah-saw the lah ve-gah, gahr-see- ]

noun

1. 1503?–36, Spanish poet.
2. ( “el Inca” ) 1539?–1616, Peruvian historian and author in Spain.

Example Sentences

I’ve done the same with the collected letters of Pedro Pizarro, the chronicles of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, the “Historia general” of Bernardino de Sahagún, the outraged dispatches of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, the testimonies of indigenous and mestizo chroniclers.

From New York Times

At Libreria Alberto Casares, bookworms can gaze at a collection that includes a French translation of Spanish poet Garcilaso de la Vega from 1650 and Gregorian chants on papyrus dating back to 1722.

From Washington Times

Her lecture will cover three Peruvian authors: Garcilaso de la Vega, the son of a Spanish noble and an Inca princess, who wrote the first novel about the Inca Empire; José María Arguedas, who wrote on the Quechua culture; and Mario Vargas Llosa, the first Peruvian to win the Nobel Prize for literature.

From New York Times

Now it is under the government of Viracocha that the Deluge is placed by the writers of very recent date, who mention this event, of which the native tradition was unknown to the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, to Montesinos, Balboa, Gomara, F. Oliva, and, in short, to all authorities of any weight in Peruvian matters.

From Project Gutenberg

There is the gallant little Baltasar Carlos' suit of mail; the armor of that Bayard of Spain, Garcilaso de la Vega; of the hero of Lepanto, Don John of Austria, and some of the banners and ship-prows of his victory; the suit of Charles' general, the Marquis of Pescara, Vittoria Colonna's husband; the tent of Francis I at the battle of Pavia; the arms of Juan de Padilla, who led the uprising of the independent cities against Charles.

From Project Gutenberg