Note 125 — THE PLATEAU, OR TABLE-LAND, OF CAXAMARCA, THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF THE INCA ATAHUALLPA, AND THE FIRST VIEW OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, From the Ridge of the Andes.

p. 410—“Ducados de Oro,” (3,838,000 golden ducats.)

The sum mentioned in the text is that stated by Garcilaso de la Vega.^[SG] On this subject, however, Padre Blas Valera and Gomera give different accounts.^[SH] Moreover, it is difficult to ascertain the precise value of the Ducado Castellano or Peso de Oro.^[SI] The intelligent historian, Prescott, has had the opportunity of consulting a manuscript, bearing the promising title of “Acta de Reparticion del Rescate de Atahuallpa,” (Act of assessment for the ransom of Atahuallpa). The Peruvian booty shared by the brothers Pizarro and by Almagro, appears to be too highly estimated by Prescott, who says it amounted to 3,500,000l. sterling, but the ransom money, the treasures of the different temples of the Sun, and of the Huertas de Oro, were all included in that amount.^[SJ]