- E.
[25] Not far to the south of San Leon de Guanuco, in the mountains of
Lauricocha, there are considerable silver mines. - E.
[26] No such place is now found on our maps in the province of Guamanga;
but the ruins of a town named Vittoria are marked in the district of
Calca, about fifty miles north-west from the city of Cuzco. Perhaps
the Vittoria of the text is the town now called Guamanga. - E.
[27] Probably the country of the people now called _Chunchos_, who are
implacable enemies to the Spaniards. - E.
[28] Probably the province now called _Chicas_ on the eastern side of the
Andes, occupying the head of the river Chirivionas which joins the
Paraguay or Rio Plata. - E.
[29] Off the mouth of the river Lurin, in lat. 12 deg. 26' S. is the island of
Pachacamac, probably indicating the situation of the ancient province
of that name. - E.
[30] The first of the Incas is named by Robertson, II. 290. and III. 47.
Manco Capac. - E.
[31] By Zarate this Inca is named Guaynacava, but the more general name
used by Garcilasso de la Vega and other Spanish writers, and from them
by the illustrious Robertson, is adopted in this translation. - E.
[32] Garcilasso de la Vega, p. 65, describes the bridge over the Apurimac
not far from Cuzco, as about two hundred paces in length.