Pizaro, Almargro · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Pizaro, Almargro
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Castille; Spain; Europe
Description: This illustration depicts Don Diego de Almagro on the left side of the image and Don Francisco Pizarro on the right side. These two men were chosen as captains for King Don Carlos of Castille to embark to the West Indies. Their names are written on the flags that they are holding. There is an unidentified man in the centre of the image playing a drum. The words en castilla are written in between the drummer and Pizarro, which identifies that they are in Castille.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20127
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_20127_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: King Don Carlos; Don Diego de Almagro; Don Francisco Pizarro; Colonialism; Colonization; Monarchy; West Indies; Peru