La Civdad de Atres · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La Civdad de Atres
Subject: Cities; Towns; Villages; Indigenous Peoples; Spaniards; Conquest
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Atres; Peru; Cusco; Lima; Cuzco; South America
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 city of Atres. The author describes it to be a city with a good supply of food, wine, and bread. The city, according to the author, was conquered by the Spaniards Captain Aluarado and Sebastián de Balcázar. The image depicts a large fortification of buildings that make up a square that has a fountain in the centre. There are two people depicted approaching the fountain. Outside of the city walls, there are three houses situated at the front. There are birds flying above the city and dogs running in the fields outside of the city walls. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, ciudad [city].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23812
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_23812_OBJ.jpg