El Qvinto Inga Capac Ivpanqve · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Qvinto Inga Capac Ivpanqve
Subject: Inca Empire; Inca Kings; Capac Yupanqui; Demons; Conquest; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Aymara
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; West Indies; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; Andes
Description: This illustration depicts the fifth king of the Inca Empire, Capac Yupanqui. He is depicted wearing a feathered visor on his head and holding a shield with his left hand. The author explains that this king discovered many mines of gold, silver and mercury, and told demons where these mines were. There is a flying creature in the sky above Capac Yupanqui which has wings, horns and a tail, which is assumed to be the demon that the king relayed information to as Capac Yupanqui is looking up at the creature and they are both holding cups. The words at the bottom of the image read, Reynó hasta la prouincia de Aymara, Quichiua which translates to King to the province of Aymara, Quechua. The Aymara were and are an indigenous nation in the Andes.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20181
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_20181_OBJ.jpg