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Title
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La Villa Rica Enpereal de Potocchi
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Description
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This image depicts the rich, imperial town of Potosí, which is now in modern-day Bolivia. The town is arranged in a large cluster of buildings at the bottom of the image which forms a square in the centre where people can be seen walking or riding on horseback. A mountainous landscape is depicted behind the city to highlight the importance of the silver mines. There is a long pathway leading into a hole in the mountain where it reads minas de potoci de plata [silver mines of Potosí]. The top of the image depicts the Inca ruler in the centre and four of his loyal kings surrounding him. They are holding the symbols of imperial Spain which is their coat of arms and the columns of Hercules. The author incorporated this into the image to show the support that Peru and the Inca’s gave to Spain. The large caption at the top of the image reads, Por la dicha mina es Castilla, Roma es Roma, el Papa es Papa y el rrey es monarca del mundo. Y la Santa Madre Yglecia es defendida y nuestra santa fe guardada por los quatro rreys de las yndias y por el enperador ynga. Agora lo podera el Papa de Roma y nuestro senor rrey don Phelipe el terzero [For the mine is Castile, Rome is Rome, the Pope is the Pope, and the king is the monarch of the world. And the Holy Mother Church is defended, and our holy faith guarded by the four kings of the Indians and by the Inca emperor. Agora will be the power of the Pope and Rome and our Lord King Philip the Third].
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Image Creator
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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
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Identifier
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mta:24091
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Source Name
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El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
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Image
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