El Qvarto Capitan Apo Maita Inga · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Qvarto Capitan Apo Maita Inga
Subject: Apu Mayta; Captains; Inca Empire; Inca Captains; Mayta Capac; Inca Kings; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; West Indies; South America; Charcas; Bolivia
Description: This illustration depicts the fourth captain, Apu Mayta. These captains were a level of Inca authority who helped lead the conquest of the Andes. Apu Mayta was the son of the fourth Inca king Mayta Capac. Apu Mayta is depicted on the left side of the image holding a shield in his left hand and an ax in his right as he leads an army behind him. He is facing an army on the right side of the image. The army that he is fighting are people indigenous to Charcas, Bolivia. The words “charcacuna yndios de charca” are written at the bottom right corner of the image. This is to identify the army on the right side of the image as it translates to “charcacuna, Indians from Charca.”
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20236
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_20236_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Apu Mayta; Captains; Inca Empire; Inca Captains; Mayta Capac; Inca Kings; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples