Garcilaso de la Vega

American  

[gahr-suh-lah-soh duh luh vey-guh, gahr-thee-lah-saw the lah ve-gah, gahr-see-] / ˌgɑr səˈlɑ soʊ də lə ˈveɪ gə, ˌgɑr θiˈlɑ sɔ ðɛ lɑ ˈvɛ gɑ, ˌgɑr si- /

noun

1. 1503?–36, Spanish poet.

2. (“el Inca” ) 1539?–1616, Peruvian historian and author in Spain.

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Example Sentences

Castillejo’s poems are interesting, not merely because of their intrinsic excellence, but also as being the most powerful protest against the metrical innovations imported from Italy by Bosc�n and Garcilaso de la Vega.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

"Garcilaso de la Vega desde alli se ha intitulado, porque en la Vega hiciera campo con aquel pagano."

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 by Prescott, William Hickling

The Florida of the Inca, by Garcilaso de la Vega, translated by John and Jeannette Varner, University of Texas Press, Austin, 1951, is the first complete publishing in English of this absorbing narrative.

From Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations by Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank)

The following very extraordinary reply, which he returned, is given by Garcilaso de la Vega.

From Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

In the beginning of the seventeenth century Garcilaso de la Vega, the historian of Peru, tells of the astonishing power of a love song played on a flute.

From Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)