La Civdad de los Reis de Lima, Audiencia Rreal y Corte, Cauesa Mayor de Todo el Rreyno de las Yndias, Adonde Rrecide su Magestad y su Bizorrey y de la Santa Madre Yglecia, Arzoobispo su Senoria Ynquicidor, su Senoria de la Santa Crusada y los Rrebrendos Comisarios y Perlados · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La Civdad de los Reis de Lima, Audiencia Rreal y Corte, Cauesa Mayor de Todo el Rreyno de las Yndias, Adonde Rrecide su Magestad y su Bizorrey y de la Santa Madre Yglecia, Arzoobispo su Senoria Ynquicidor, su Senoria de la Santa Crusada y los Rrebrendos Comisarios y Perlados
Subject: Cities; Towns; Villages; Indigenous Peoples; Spaniards; Colonialism; Colonization
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Lima; South America; West Indies
Description: This image is depicted in the author’s chapter where he discusses cities, towns, villages, and provinces in colonial South America. This image depicts the large city of Lima in Peru. The city is arranged in a cluster of buildings which forms a square in the centre of the town. There is a fountain in the centre of the square as well as a gibbet used to hang people. There are soldiers holding spears walking in the square as well as a soldier riding a horse. There are also citizens walking around the square. The city of Lima was used as a centre for government and was changed to the capital of Peru after the Spanish conquered it. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, corte rreal [royal court].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23870
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles
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