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Garcilaso de la Vega
(gärˌsə-läˈsō də lə vāˈgə, gär-thē-läˈsō Þĕ lä vĕˈgä) Known as “El Inca.” 1539?-1616.
Peruvian-born Spanish soldier, historian, and translator. The son of an Inca princess, he vividly retold Peruvian history and folklore in his Comentarios Reales (1609).