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Title
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Cvsco urbs nobilissima & opule[n]tissima Peruani regni in occide[n]tali parte sita, in qua habitabat magnus ille Rex Atabaliba quo tempore Hispani regnum illud armis sibi vindicarunt.
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Description
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The Peruvian city of Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire, is shown from above. The city is laid out in an orderly fashion, with wide streets running in straight lines dividing city blocks. The city is surrounded on three sides by a square stone wall with towers built at each corner and in the middle of each wall. On the west side of the city there is a palace built atop several pyramidal layers and nestled into the hillside. There are guards armed with spears standing on each layer of ground leading up to the palace. A group of Inca people form a procession heading towards the palace. Four people carry a litter on their shoulders, upon which the Incan king Atahualpa sits. Atahualpa was the last Inca Emperor (or Sapa Inca) to officially rule before the Spanish conquistadors established their control. Along the bottom of the image, a group of Inca people on the left engage in acrobatic activities and a group on the right hold finely crafted statuettes, probably of gold. This image is identical to one found on page 6-7 of Frankfurt, 1596.
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Image Creator
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Theodor de Bry (Engraver)
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Johann Feyerabend (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:23841
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Source Name
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Das sechste Theil der neuwen Welt. oder Der Historien Hieron. Benzo von Meylandt, Das Dritte Buch. Darinnen warhafftig erzehlet wird, wie die Spanier die Goldreiche Landschafften deß Peruanischen Königreichs eyngenommen, den König Atabalibam gefangen und getödtet. Auch wie sie, entlich sich selbst untereinander auffgerieben haben.
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Image
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