El Sesto Inga, Inga Roca Con Sv Hijo · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Sesto Inga, Inga Roca Con Sv Hijo
Subject: Inca Empire; Inca Kings; Inca Roca; Guaman Capac; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Inca
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: West Indies; South America; Cusco; Cuzco; Andes; Peru
Description: This illustration depicts the sixth king of the Inca Empire, Inca Roca. He is pictured looking down at his son and holding him with his right hand and holding a shield and ax in his left hand. The author describes him as a wide and long man. His son’s name is Guaman Capac Inca. There are words written at the bottom of the image which reads, “Reynó hasta Ande Suyo” which translates to “King up to the Andes region.”
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20182
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles; Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_20182_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Inca Empire; Inca Kings; Inca Roca; Guaman Capac; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Inca