La Civdad de Cartagena · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La Civdad de Cartagena
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cartagena; Columbia; 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 Cartagena in Columbia. The city is arranged in a cluster of buildings which forms a square in the centre. There are two winding pathways outside of the city walls that lead into and out of the city. There is a person on each of the pathways walking towards the city, the person on the left is illustrated carrying supplies on their back and the person on the right is carrying supplies above their heads. The person on the left has a dog walking in front of them. There are three people illustrated standing in the town square. The author described this city to be wealthy in fruit and food with good, charitable Christians. 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:23867
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_23867_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Cities; Villages; Towns; Colonialism; Colonization; Spaniards; Indigenous Peoples