La Civdad de Gvamanga · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La Civdad de Gvamanga
Subject: Cities; Towns; Villages; Colonialism; Colonization
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Huamanga; 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 Huamanga, Peru. The city is arranged in a cluster of buildings that forms a square in the centre of the town. There is a fountain illustrated in the square with people walking around. There are birds flying over the city and four trees illustrated in the foreground of the image. There is a pathway on the bottom right side of the image and one on the left side of the image, both leading into the city. The author claims that his father was the founder of this city. The caption at the bottom of the image reads “ciudad” [city].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23888
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_23888_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Cities; Towns; Villages; Colonialism; Colonization