Pedro Cieza de León

Pedro Cieza de León (Llerena, Spain c.1520 ---Seville, Spain 1554) was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru. He is known primarily for his history and description of Peru, Crónicas del Perú. He wrote this book in four parts, but only the first was published during his lifetime; the remaining sections were not published until the 19th and 20th centuries.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro Cieza de León
• Page 108 - Hunt, P., 2007, Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History: Penguin, New York, 226p.