El Otabo Capitan Apo Camac Inga · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Otabo Capitan Apo Camac Inga
Subject: Inca Captains; Inca Kings; Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui; Conquest; Inca Empire; War; Starvation; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Apo Camac Inca
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies; Chile; Andes; Peru
Description: This illustration depicts the eighth captain, Apo Camac Inca. These captains were a level of Inca authority who helped lead the conquest of the Andes. This captain was the son of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, the king of the Inca Empire. This captain is depicted leading an army on the right side of the image as they face their enemies. The author explains that Apo Camac Inca lead 50,000 soldiers to conquer Chile. The words “yndios de chile” is written below the soldiers on the left-hand side of the image to identify them as the “Indians of Chile.” The author explains that the captain and his soldiers killed over 150,000 Chileans and starved them out for ten years in order to conquer the entire country.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20241
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_20241_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Inca Captains; Inca Kings; Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui; Conquest; Inca Empire; War; Starvation; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Apo Camac Inca

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