La Villa de Ica, Tierra de Mucho Uino, Lo Mejor del Rreyno · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La Villa de Ica, Tierra de Mucho Uino, Lo Mejor del Rreyno
Subject: Cities; Towns; Villages; Wine; Food; Colonialism; Colonization; Spaniards
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Ica; Huacachina; 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 town of Ica in southern Peru. The town is arranged in a cluster of buildings that form a square in the centre where three people and a dog can be seen walking. A mountainous landscape is visible in the background with birds flying in the sky. There are tall tropical trees surrounding the city. There is a winding path that leads in and out of the city. There are two people riding horseback on this path and two people walking. The author explains that Ica had the best wine in the kingdom and was plentiful in food such as meat and especially fish as it is near the coast. The caption at the bottom of the image reads “uilla” [town].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23875
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_23875_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Cities; Towns; Villages; Wine; Food; Colonialism; Colonization; Spaniards

Media: mta_23875_OBJ.jpg