El Segvndo Capitan Topa Amaro Inga · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Segvndo Capitan Topa Amaro Inga
Subject: Captains; Inca Captains; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Inca Empire; Sinchi Roca
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; West Indies; South America
Description: This illustration depicts the second Captain, Topa Amaro. These captains were a level of Inca authority who helped lead the conquest of the Andes. The author explains this captain was the son of Sinchi Roca, the second Inca king in the kingdom of Cusco. The author explains that this captain was violent and would torture and kill his enemies, which is why he is depicted gouging the eyes out of an enemy in this image. His enemy is depicted kneeling as he is being tortured by Topa Amaro. There is another Inca on the right side of the image holding the rope that the enemy is tied to. The word collasuyo is written at the bottom of the image, which was a southern region in the Inca Empire.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20234
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_20234_OBJ.jpg