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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1780 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

1 work

c. 1615

Spanish

The First New Chronicle and Good Government

Nueva Corónica y Buen Gobierno

Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala · c. 1535–c. 1616

Twelve hundred pages and four hundred drawings by an Andean nobleman, addressed to the king of Spain, documenting Inca history and the abuses of colonial rule.

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