The Discovery and Conquest of PeruDazzled by the sight of the vast treasure of gold and silver being unloaded at Sevilles docks in 1537, a teenaged Pedro de Cieza de Len vowed to join the Spanish effort in the New World, become an explorer, and write what would become the earliest historical account of the conquest of Peru. Available for the first time in English, this history of Peru is based largely on interviews with Ciezas conquistador compatriates, as well as with Indian