El Primer Bven Gobierno I Ivsticia. Don Antonio de Mendoza de la Encomienda del Senor Sanctiago Cauallero Uirrey el Segundo Deste Rreyno · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Primer Bven Gobierno I Ivsticia. Don Antonio de Mendoza de la Encomienda del Senor Sanctiago Cauallero Uirrey el Segundo Deste Rreyno
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Lima; West Indies; South America
Description: This chapter of the book focuses on discussing the good government of post-conquest Peru that the Spanish viceroys maintain. This image depicts Don Antonio de Mendoza, a knight of the order of Santiago and the second viceroy of post-conquest Peru. The author describes the viceroy to have been a friend of the poor and a dedicated servant of God and the King of Spain. Mendoza is illustrated wearing traditional Spanish-European clothing and holding a rosary in his hands. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, en lima/por el mes de enero de mill y quiniento y sesenta y uno enpeso a gouernar el conde de la nieua/don antionio de mendoza governo en tienpo del enperador carlos [in Lima/ The Count of Nieva governed in the month of January, 1561/ Don Antionio de Mendoza governed during the reign of emperor Charles V].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:22542
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: Conquest; Colonialism; Viceroys; Government; Don Antonio de Mendoza; King Charles V

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