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Title
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Capi[tv]lo Pri[me]ro de las Ivst[ici]as I Cabildo: Alcalde Maior, Tocricoc
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Description
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This image is illustrated in a section where the author discusses and calls for literacy and better bilingualism amongst Andean nobles in the colonial Spanish government. He desires native officials to be bilingual in Spanish and Quechua in order to better navigate the colonial system and be better equipped to help the native people of Peru. The local official depicted in this image is a municipal mayor. He is illustrated standing in the centre of the image dressed in Spanish trousers and holding a rosary in his left hand and a long staff in his right hand. The author explains that this official came from a pichkapachaka,’s town [an administrator who oversees towns of 500 natives]. The author also explains the mayors should be good Christians and speak Spanish. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, en este rreyno [in this kingdom].
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Image Creator
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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
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Identifier
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mta:23694
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Source Name
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El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
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Image
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Subject
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Native Officials
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Administrators
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Pichkapachaka
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Colonialism
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Colonization
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Mayor
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Indigenous Peoples
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Government
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