Peru Banknotes 10000 Soles de Oro banknote 1979 Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
Central Reserve Bank of Peru - Banco Central de Reserva del Perú
Obverse: Portrait of Garcilaso Inca de la Vega, Coat of arms of Peru at center, denominations below coat of arms.
Reverse: Indian farmer digging at left, Peruvian woman picking cotton at center.
Watermark: Garcilaso Inca de la Vega.
Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited, London, England.
Peru Banknotes - Peruvian Paper Money
1979-1985
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
Garcilaso de la Vega (12 April 1539 – 23 April 1616), born Gómez Suárez de Figueroa and known as El Inca or Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, was a chronicler and writer born in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru. Sailing to Spain at 21, he was educated informally there, where he lived and worked the rest of his life. The son of a Spanish conquistador and an Inca noblewoman born in the early years of the conquest, De la Vega is recognized primarily for his histories about Inca history, culture, and society. His work was influential, well-received, and particularly notable as the first literature by an author born in the Americas to enter the western canon.
After his father's death in 1559, De la Vega moved to Spain in 1561, seeking official acknowledgement as his father's son. His paternal uncle became a protector, and De la Vega lived in Spain for the rest of his life. This was where he wrote his histories of the Inca culture and Spanish conquest, as well as an account of Hernando de Soto's expedition in Florida.