[1] Though Not Mentioned Directly In The Text, It Appears That Almagro Knew Of And Intended To Conquer The Country Of Chili, And That He Chose To March By The High Country Of Peru, Through The Great Elevated Valley Of The Lake Titicaca, Probably The Highest Inhabited Land Of South America.

His object was in all probability to avoid the extensive desert of Atacama, which divides the plain of Peru from Chili.

- E.

[2] From the desert of Atacama in lat 25 deg. S. to the island of Chiloe in about lat. 42 deg. S. Chili Proper, between the Pacific ocean and the western ridge of the Andes, stretches about 1100 English miles nearly north and south by an average breadth of about 140 miles. - E.

[3] Valparayso stands nearly in the latitude indicated by the text. Valdivia, taking its name from that commander, is in lat. 30 deg.40' S. - E.

[4] Zarate is extremely remiss in regard to dates, and not a little confused in the arrangement of his narrative. We learn from Robertson, II. 325, that Ferdinand Pizarro returned to Peru in 1536. - E.

[5] According to Robertson, II. 326, the place where the festival was to be celebrated was only at a few leagues distance from Cuzco. Garcilasso says that it was a garden belonging to the Incas only a league from the city. - E.

[6] The return of Almagro to Cuzco was in the year 1537. - E.

[7] Garcilasso names this prince Paullu Inca. - E.

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