Cieza de León, Pedro

Cieza de León, Pedro pāˈᵺrō thēāˈthä dā lāōnˈ [key], 1518?–1560, Spanish soldier and explorer in South America. His Chronicle of Peru is one of the most richly detailed accounts of the Spanish conquest.

See El Inca, abr. Eng. tr. (1959) by H. de Onís.

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