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  • His successor, called Manco-Capac, is described as a remarkable character; “adjacent nations dreaded his power,” and in his time the kingdom was much increased.

    Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology 1846

  • Manco-Capac with his wife and queen were children of the Sun, sent to civilize the Indians, who, before their arrival, were a very degraded sort of savages.

    The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen

  • Here were the descendants of the subjects of Manco-Capac, himself a son of the orb of day, still holding to their worship of the sun, though they had not seen its light for four centuries.

    Under the Andes Rex Stout 1930

  • Here were the descendants of the subjects of Manco-Capac, himself a son of the orb of day, still holding to their worship of the sun, though they had not seen its light for four centuries.

    Under the Andes 1914

  • Here were the descendants of the subjects of Manco-Capac, himself a son of the orb of day, still holding to their worship of the sun, though they had not seen its light for four centuries.

    Under the Andes 1914

  • Like a string of shadows we moved across the plain past the great carved rock which is still called the Inca's Seat, and over the ridge of the Sliding Stones and down into the valley beyond, which is thickly strewn with great rock-masses carved into seats, and altars, and baths, and chambers, of which no man knows the origin, and which were ancient when Manco-Capac and Mama-Occlu first came into the land.

    The Romance of Golden Star ... George Chetwynd Griffith 1881

  • The ancient Peruvian legend that laws and arts had been brought to their land by two divine children of the Sun, Manco-Capac and his sister-wife Manca-Oello, is transformed into a grave and prosaic narrative, in which Manco-Capac's achievements are minutely described with as much assurance as if that sage had been Frederick the Great, or Pombal, or any statesman living before the eyes of the writer.

    Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. John Morley 1880

  • Was not that bold Manco-Capac, whom his patriotism placed in the rank of heroes, your ancestor?

    The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love Jules Verne 1866

  • He was one of the noblest descendants of Manco-Capac, and his veins were full of that ardent blood which leads men to the accomplishment of lofty deeds.

    The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love Jules Verne 1866

  • When Manco-Capac had satisfied these first needs of all societies, he framed laws for his subjects, and constituted a regular political state.

    Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866

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