El Sesto Capitan Otorongo Achachi Apo Camac Inga · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Sesto Capitan Otorongo Achachi Apo Camac Inga
Subject: Otorongo Achachi; Apu Camac Inca; Inca Captains; Inca Kings; Inca Empire; Conquest; Jaguars; Otorongo; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; West Indies; South America
Description: This illustration depicts the sixth captain, Otorongo Achachi who was also known as Apu Camac Inca. These captains were a level of Inca authority who helped lead the conquest of the Andes. This captain was the son of Inca Roca, the sixth king of the Inca Empire. The author explains that a lord had told this captain that in order to successfully conquer he must become an Otorongo [Jaguar]. This is why the author has illustrated a jaguar in this image. There is a person on the right-hand side with an arrow pointed at the jaguar. The words “ande suyo” are written at the bottom of the image which describes the regions that this captain had conquered.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20239
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
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Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Otorongo Achachi; Apu Camac Inca; Inca Captains; Inca Kings; Inca Empire; Conquest; Jaguars; Otorongo; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples

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