La Civdad de Gvanvco Aguila y Leon Rreal, Guaman Poma · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La Civdad de Gvanvco Aguila y Leon Rreal, Guaman Poma
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Huanuco; 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 the city of Huanuco, Peru. The city is visible between two large trees that are in the foreground of the image. There is also a large tree illustrated behind the city. There are two winding pathways that lead into the city with people walking along them. The city is arranged as a cluster of buildings which forms a square in the centre of the town. There are eight people illustrated walking within the square. 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:23869
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_23869_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Cities; Villages; Towns; Indigenous Peoples; Spaniards; Colonialism; Colonization