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Title
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La Civdad de Popaian
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Description
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This image is depicted in the author’s chapter where he discusses cities, towns, villages, and provinces in colonial South America. This image depicts the city of Popayan, Colombia. There is a group of buildings arranged in a way that forms a square in the centre. There is a fountain in the centre of the square with two people approaching the fountain. Outside of the buildings, there are mountains in the background and in the foreground, there is a person walking on a path leading towards the buildings. There are birds flying above the city. The large caption at the bottom of the image reads, “[N]o se uendan chicha ni uino en las ciudades y uillas, aldeas se es pa[gal]les a quartillo en este rreyno que se conponga con su Magestad [...] que uendieren a quartillo el uino, chicha y lo compre o que se con[po]nga de cada año cin pasar a más. El quien puxare lo lleue [...] este rreyno, acimismo de todas las demás cosas que fuere de co[mi]da y fruta, pan y uino, carne” [Chicha or wine is not sold in cities or towns, villages are paid by quart in this kingdom and their majesty will sell wine, chicha and buy it each year. Whoever can take this kingdom, as well as all other things that may be food and fruit, bread and wine, meat].
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Image Creator
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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
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Identifier
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mta:23811
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Source Name
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El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
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Image
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Subject
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Cities
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Villages
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Towns
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Indigenous Peoples
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Wine
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Colonialism
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Colonization
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Spaniards
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