chiapeios

Updated: May 18, 2025

Morales first passed by the country of Chiapes, called Chiapeios, and of Tumaco, those two caciques along the South Sea who were friends of Vasco. He and his men were received magnificently as friends, and a fleet was equipped for attacking the island.

- De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2): The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera