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Title
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Milagro De Santa Maria
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Description
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This chapter focuses on discussing the arrival of Spaniards and the Spanish conquest of Peru. This image depicts the Virgin Mary appearing before the indigenous people of Peru in Cusco. The people of the Inca Empire had just attempted to burn down a temple that the Christians had stolen from them, and when it would not burn down, it was taken as a sign that the church was now established in Cusco. The apparition of the Virgin Mary was another miracle presented by God. She showed mercy to the Christian Spaniards and threw dirt into the eyes of the indigenous Peruvians for attempting to burn down the church. She is illustrated floating in the clouds in the image as she throws the dirt into the eyes of the struggling indigenous soldiers on the ground. From then on, the Virgin Mary was honoured and adored by not only the Spaniards, but the indigenous people of Cusco as well. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, en el cuzco [In Cusco].
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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:22128
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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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Conquest
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Spaniards
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Religion
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Virgin Mary
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Inca Empire
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Indigenous Peoples
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Christianity
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Conquistadors
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