Don Andres Marques de Canete Senor de las Uillas de Argete Bizorrey el Terzero deste Rreyno · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Don Andres Marques de Canete Senor de las Uillas de Argete Bizorrey el Terzero deste Rreyno
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Lima; South America; West Indies
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 Andres, Marquis of Canete, lord of Argete, and the third viceroy of post-conquest Peru. The author describes him to be a devout Christian who governed Peru peacefully with the well-being of the indigenous peoples as a priority. He is illustrated wearing traditional Spanish/European clothing while holding a rosary in his right hand and an open book in his left hand. The caption written at the bottom of the image reads, en Lima/bizorrey 3/el marques de canete don andres hurtado de mendosa el biejo empeso a gouernar por el mes de hebrero del ano de mill y quinientos cinquenta y seys anos en tienpo del rrey felipo el segundo [in Lima/third viceroy/the Marquis of Canete, Don Andres Hurtado de Mendoza began his rule in the month of February in the year 1556 in the time of King Philip II].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:22543
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; Viceroys; Colonialism; Government; Don Andres

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