Identifier: cuzcojourneytoan00markrich (find matches)
Title: Cuzco: a journey to the ancient capital of Peru; with an account of the history, language, literature, and antiquities of the Incas. And Lima: a visit to the capital and provinces of modern Peru; with a sketch of the viceregal government, history of the republic, and a review of the literature and society of Peru ..
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916
Subjects: Quechua language Peru Cuzco (Peru) Lima (Peru)
Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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and finally, crossing theChilian Andes by a pass of unequalled difficulty anddanger, he returned in triumph to Cuzco. Meanwhile, young Huayna Ccapac, the heir to thethrone, had spread the fame of the Incarial arms tothe banks of the Amazon; and in a succession oftriumphant campaigns round the stupendous volcanoesof Chimborazo and Cotopaxi, had conquered thekingdom of Quito. On the accession of Huayna Ccapac, the empire ofthe Incas had attained to its greatest extent. Fromthe sultry valleys of the Amazon to the temperateplains of Chile, from the shores of the Pacific to theswampy sources of the Paraguay, tlieir rule had ex-tended ; so that in the space of little more than fourcenturies their empire had swollen, by successive con-quests, from the little compact territory round Cuzco,to these vast dimensions. Order and civilisation advanced hand in hand withtheir arms, and good roads soon connected the remotestparts of the empire. The city of Cuzco, at the time of the accession of i^m:^
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CUZCO THE CITY OF THE INC AS. 133 Huayna Ccapac, was at the zenith of its splendourand prosperity. It was divided, at this period, into Upper or HaninCuzco, and Lower or Hurin Cuzco. In the centrewas the great square, including the three plazas of themodern city, called the Huacay-pata, or hill of plea-sure, through which ran the river Huatanay, crossedby numerous stone foot-bridges. On the east sidewere the palaces of Viracocha, Pachacutec, and IncaEocca, and the Yacha-huasi, or schools; and on thesouth, on the side of the modern church of the Jesuits,was the palace of Huayna Ccapac. The other sideswere occupied by the houses of the Inca nobility. In the Huacay-pata, the dramatic representations ■took place, and here it was that the people danced ina circle extending round the whole open space, eachman holding a link of an immense golden chain, tocommemorate the birth of Huayna Ccapacs eldestson, who was afterwards called Huscar, or the chain. A curious picture of this dance, nearl

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