In 1908, a German librarian discov- conquest. He also dared to chastize ered an extraordinary document his Spanish overlords and to seek a while leafing through manuscripts at bargain-cleverly, proudly-for the the Royal Copenhagen Library. autonomy of his fellow South Ameri-
How El Primer Nueva Cr6nica y can Indians. Buen Gubierno (The First New Perhaps Don Felipe Huaman Poma Chronicle and Good Government) de Ayala had entrusted his richly came to rest in Denmark, no one illustrated letter to...