# Garcilasso de la Vega — The Columbiad character guide

> Garcilasso de la Vega in The Columbiad by Joel Barlow.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Garcilasso, Inca Garcilasso de la Vega

**First appearance:** 0004-book-i

## Who they are

The Inca-Spanish historian, appearing as a narrator or source of Peruvian history.

## Relationships

### [Manco Capac](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_columbiad_se/characters/manco_capac)

_social_

Garcilasso, a chronicler of Inca history, recounts the legendary founding of the Inca dynasty by Manco Capac.

## In the story

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_columbiad_se/chapters/endnotes)

Cited as the source attributing the entire Peruvian constitution to Manco Capac.

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