El Noveno Inga Pachacvti Inga Ivpanqvi · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Noveno Inga Pachacvti Inga Ivpanqvi
Subject: Inca; Inca Empire; Inca Kings; Pachacuta Yupanqui; Expansion; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; West Indies; South America
Description: This illustration depicts the ninth king of the Inca Empire, Pachacuta Yupanqui. The author has depicted him holding a shield in his left hand and a sling in his right hand while wearing traditional royal garb. There is writing at the bottom of the image which reads, “Reynó hasta Chile y de toda su cordellera” which translates to “King up to Chile and all of its mountain range.” This is to demonstrate this king’s expansion of his kingdom.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20185
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_20185_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Inca; Inca Empire; Inca Kings; Pachacuta Yupanqui; Expansion; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples