La Villa de Pisqvi de Mucho Pescado · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La Villa de Pisqvi de Mucho Pescado
Subject: Cities; Towns; Villages; Colonialism; Colonization; Ports; Fishing; Spaniards
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Pisco; South America; West Indies
Description: 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 small fishing town of Pisco, Peru. The town is depicted directly next to the water. The town is arranged in a cluster of buildings that forms a square in the centre. There are two people illustrated walking around in the square. There is a path leading into and out of the city on the right side of the image. There are boats, birds, and seals illustrated in the water surrounding the town. The caption at the bottom of the image reads “uilla” [city].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23874
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_23874_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Cities; Towns; Villages; Colonialism; Colonization; Ports; Fishing; Spaniards