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| Introduction | |
| How the Marquis Don Francisco Pizarro went to the province of Arequipa to found a city there, and to apportion the Indians among the persons who were to remain there as citizens | 1 |
| How the General Lorenzo de Aldana determined to send people to settle in Anzerma, a province which had been discovered by the captain BelalcÁzar, and how he named Jorge Robledo as captain of the settlement | 4 |
| How his Majesty nominated Don Pascual de Andagoya to be Governor and Adelantado of the river of San Juan, and how Robledo set out to form the settlement in Anzerma | 7 |
| How the Licentiate Santa Cruz sent certain captains and troops in pursuit of Vadillo, of the quarrels of these captains amongst themselves, and how they joined Robledo | 10 |
| How the captain Jorge Robledo induced the Chiefs near the new city to remain at peace, and how he sent Suer de Nava to Caramanta | 12 |
| How the captain Jorge Robledo sent GÓmez HernÁndez to explore the province of El Choco, and despatched Ruy Vanegas to the village of Pirsa | 14 |
| How the captain Jorge Robledo distributed the Chiefs among the citizens who were going to remain in the city of Santa Ana, and how he set out to make discoveries on the other side of the great river of Santa Marta | 18 |
| How the captain Jorge Robledo arrived at the province of Pozo, how he was badly wounded, of the merciless punishment that was inflicted, and of the great quantity of human flesh that was eaten there | 21 |
| How the Comendador HernÁn RodrÍguez de Sosa came to the rock, of the great number of people he captured and killed, and of the very great cruelty with which those natives were treated | 24 |
| How the captain Robledo discovered the province of Paucura, how the ensign Suer de Nava returned to Pozo, and how cruelties greater than before were inflicted; and how Robledo set out from Paucura to explore the large and very rich province of Arma | 27 |
| How the captain Robledo explored the province of Arma and pitched his camp in the village of the principal Chief, named Maytama, and of some notable things that happened | 29 |
| How captain Osorio, while going to the New Kingdom, was killed, with other Christians, and how the captain Pedro de AÑasco was also killed by the Indians | 34 |
| How, when the death of those Spaniards was known at PopayÁn, captain Juan de Ampudia set out from there, and how he and other Christians were killed by the same Indians | 38 |
| How the Adelantado Pascual de Andagoya entered the cities, and was received in them as Governor | 44 |
| How the captain Jorge Robledo discovered the province of Quinbaya, and how he founded the city of Cartago | 46 |
| How the captain Jorge Robledo left the city of Cartago and went to Cali, where he was well received, returning as Captain and Lieutenant-General of the cities he had founded | 48 |
| Of the things that happened in the city of Lima and how the Marquis Don Francisco Pizarro, on the advice of the Bishop Friar Vicente de Valverde, made a general repartimiento; and of the departure of GÓmez de Alvarado to people Guanuco | 49 |
| How Gonzalo Pizarro, after he had been acknowledged as Governor of Quito, determined to undertake the conquest of El Dorado; and of his departure from Quito | 54 |
| How Gonzalo Pizarro left the city of Quito for the cinnamon country, which was one of the most laborious explorations that have been carried out in Tierra Firme and the South Sea | 56 |
| How Gonzalo Pizarro left that river and went on exploring through those forests and mountains, without finding any populous country, and how all his party joined forces at a crossing over a branch of the Mar Dulce | 61 |
| How Francisco de Orellana went down the river and reached the Ocean, and of the extreme hardships suffered by Gonzalo Pizarro from hunger | 66 |
| How Gonzalo
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| Of the cruel battle between Vaca de Castro and Diego de Almagro, and how the men of Chile were defeated and routed with much loss of life, and their party destroyed for ever | 275 |
| How, after the battle, the Governor ordered the wounded to be tended, the captain GÓmez de Tordoya being carried to Guamanga; how punishment was meted out to the conquered, and how the captain GÓmez de Alvarado, being taken ill, died at Vilcas, and his body was brought to Guamanga for interment | 284 |
| Of the things that were done by the Governor, Vaca de Castro, and how he despatched certain captains on expeditions within the Realm | 287 |
| Of the things that happened to Gonzalo Pizarro until he returned from his expedition into the land of cinnamon and once more reached the city of Quito | 289 |
| How Garcilaso de la Vega arrived at Cuzco, of the imprisonment of Don Diego, and how Vaca de Castro began his march to that city | 292 |
| Of the things that were done in the city of Cuzco by the Governor Vaca de Castro, and of his addiction to covetousness and vain glory | 295 |
| How Don Diego de Almagro, when he was in prison, tried to escape, and how he was beheaded by order of the Governor Vaca de Castro | 297 |
| Of other things done by the Governor Vaca de Castro, and how he nominated Diego de Rojas and Felipe GutiÉrrez as his captains for the subjugation of the Rio de la Plata | 303 |
| How the Governor Vaca de Castro parcelled out the land; of the arrival of Gonzalo Pizarro at Lima, and how he talked openly there about affairs | 306 |
| How they discovered extensive deposits of gold near the river of Caravaya, how Vaca de Castro ordered all the ancient tambos and stations to be occupied, and of the departure of Pedro Anzures and Francisco Becerra for Spain[1] | 308 |
| How the captain Gonzalo Pizarro arrived at the city of Cuzco, accompanied by some followers, but had not abandoned his treasonable design of occupying the Realm; and of what further happened | 311 |
| How the leaders Felipe GutiÉrrez and Diego de Rojas set out from Cuzco to proceed on their expedition | 314 |
| How the General Felipe GutiÉrrez and the Camp-master started forth from Cuzco, and how Diego de Rojas went to explore in the direction indicated by the Indians | 317 |
| Of what else happened to the captain Diego de Rojas | 320 |
| How Felipe GutiÉrrez came to join Diego de Rojas, of the arrival of Francisco de Mendoza at Chiquana, and what else happened | 323 |
| How the natives of those provinces concealed the food supplies, and of the scarcity that was apprehended, and how Diego de Rojas sent messengers to Felipe GutiÉrrez | 325 |
| How, after the junction of the captains, they determined to advance, and the party suffered greatly from thirst, so that many of their serving men perished, and how they went on exploring | 327 |
| How the bachelor Juan VÉlez de Guevara came to Lima, where the municipality would not accept him; and of the departure of the accountant Juan de CÁceres for PanamÁ | 330 |
| How the Indians who escaped from the hands of the Christians took further counsel, and very boldly decided to go out and fight them; and of the death of Diego de Rojas | 331 |
| How Pero LÓpez de Ayala discovered the river of Soconcho, found a well peopled country, and returned to the General Felipe GutiÉrrez; and how they all set out for that place | 334 |
| How the General Felipe GutiÉrrez pursued his exploration down the river Soconcho, and of what else happened | 335 |
| How, when the death of the Governor Don Francisco Pizarro was known in Spain, it was ordered that there should be a Viceroy appointed and an Audiencia installed; and of the conference concerning the Ordinances that should be enacted for the new empire of the Indies | 337 |
