Capitvlo, Primer Capitan Inga Ivpanqvi · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Capitvlo, Primer Capitan Inga Ivpanqvi
Subject: Captains; Inca Captains; Inca Empire; Conquest; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies
Description: This illustration depicts the first Captain, Yupanqui. These captains were a level of Inca authority who helped lead the conquest of the Andes. The author explains that this captain was lazy, slept all the time, had parties, and was not focused on his duty. This is why he is depicted sleeping in this image with the sun rising through his window. Some of his belongings such as shoes and bag are hanging on the wall above him. The words dormilon, peresoso capitan, ponoy camayoc quilla cinchicona are written in the centre of the image which translates to sleepyhead, lazy captain, he slept all the time. The words en el cuzco are written below the sleeping captain, which means in Cusco, the capital of the Inca empire. The words cin conquistar murio are written at the very bottom of the image which translates to without conquering he died.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20233
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_20233_OBJ.jpg