The Letters of Fernando Túpac Amaru and other documents (1782-1798)/Las Cartas de Fernando Tupac Amaru y Otros Documento

The book contains 16 letters written by Fernando Túpac Amaru between 1787 and 1798 in Spain, as well as a selection of documents of diverse authorship and that keep some relation with the letters. All these documents and the letters signed by Fernando Túpac Amaru have been found in the AGI - Archivo General de Indias in Seville by Viola Varotto (Isole).

Fernando Túpac Amaru Bastidas (1768-1798), was born on May 31, 1768 in Pampamarca (Cusco). He was son of José Gabriel TúpacAmaru and Micaela Bastidas, considered forerunners of independence of Peru. In 1781 Fernando Túpac Amaru was condemned to exile in Africa by the visitor José Antonio de Areche, but this did not happen because this sentence was changed to banishment to Spain. Fernando arrived in Cadiz as a prisoner in 1786, being interned in the Castle of Santa Catalina. After a long stay in two schools of the…