Rodrigo de Valdes: Poema heroyco hispano-latino panegyrico de la fundacion, y grandezas de la muy noble, y leal ciudad de Lima - Bok - Inbunden
Poema heroyco hispano-latino (1687), a national chronicle or ¿epic poem,¿ commemorates the founding and greatness of Lima, Peru. Its unique rhymed quatrains can be read in either Latin or Spanish with equal meaning, and its insightful marginal notes interpret the city¿s cultural history. Rodrigo de Valdés (1609¿1682) underscores the decadence of peninsular Spanish letters in contrast to the compositions of New World writers. The poem is a tribute to the superiority, versatility, and interchangeability..
