A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 623
Incas, were consideredas of divine origin, and worshipped as children of the Sun, which wasthe great object of Peruvian adoration. At the time of the Spanishconquest the twelfth descendant of Manco Capac was on the throne,but, his father having married as one of his wives a woman of theIndian race,… … Ruins of House of JIanco Capac, in Cuzco. (From a Sketch by J. I!. 1eutland.) Both from its style and the traditions attached to it, the oldestbuilding of the Incas seems to be that called the house of MancoCapac, on an island in the Lake of Titicaca. The part shown in thewoodcut (No. 1030) is…
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