Espanol Gvagamvundo deste Rrey[n]o Como en Ca[s]tilla · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Espanol Gvagamvundo deste Rrey[n]o Como en Ca[s]tilla
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; West Indies; South America; Peru
Description: This image is illustrated in a chapter that discusses and criticizes the government and society in Spanish conquered Peru. This image depicts a Spanish vagabond riding on a horse on the right side of the image. He is depicted yelling and pointing to the young indigenous man walking in front of him. The young man appears to be carrying to belongings of the Spaniard and has a sad expression on his face. There is dialogue written beside the vagabond’s hands which reads, puri perro yndio [get moving, Indian dog]. The author criticizes these vagabonds for robbing the indigenous peoples of Peru of their belongings and wives and daughters while traveling on highways.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23370
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_23370_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Spaniards; Colonialism; Colonization; Indigenous Peoples; Government; Vagabonds; Thieves