Pedro de Peralta Barnuevo 1664-1743, a writer of early eighteenth-century viceregal Peru, believed that his epic poem iLima Fundadai 1732, in tandem with iHistoria de Espana Vindicadai 1730, were his crowning literary achievements. His instincts have proven correct. However, in spite of the fact that iLima Fundadai is Peralta's most cited work, it has not been published in its entirety since it appeared. For the first time in more than 280 years, Slade and Williams have edited the entire poem, including all of its original paratexts, introductory compositions, prologue, footnotes, marginal notes and index.brbriLima Fundada by Pedro de Peralta Barnuevo A Critical Editioni recounts the founding of Peru's capital city by Fernando Pizarro, a hero that gives shape to a conflicted discourse about colonization and empire. iLima fundadai is implicitly about criollo identity, history, and power in the face of a hierarchical system that gives preference to the Peninsular-born. The text is a comp