La Civdad de Chvqvizaca, Audiencia Rreal y Obispado de su Juridici[o]n · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La Civdad de Chvqvizaca, Audiencia Rreal y Obispado de su Juridici[o]n
Subject: Cities; Towns; Villages; Colonialism; Colonization; Spaniards
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Chuquisaca; South America; West Indies; Bolivia
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 Chuquisaca in modern-day Bolivia. The city is arranged in a cluster of buildings that forms a square in the centre where people are depicted walking and riding horseback. There is a mountainous landscape illustrated in the background. There are four winding paths in front of the city. There are people depicted carrying supplies on their backs as they walk towards the city on the paths. There is also a person riding horseback off the path with a dog walking behind them. The author explains that this city was founded by the Incas but was later conquered by the Spaniards and Francisco Pizarro. 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:24096
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_24096_OBJ.jpg