La Villa de Arica Tanbien fue Cubierto de Seniza del Bolcan Toda la Cordellera de la Mar · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La Villa de Arica Tanbien fue Cubierto de Seniza del Bolcan Toda la Cordellera de la Mar
Subject: Cities; Town; Villages; Volcanic Eruption; Volcanoes; Colonialism; Colonization
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Arica; South America; West Indies
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 town of Arica in Chile. A local volcano erupted and devastated the town with ash, which is why the town is difficult to see in the image. The town is arranged in a cluster of buildings that forms a square in the centre where people are illustrated holding crosses. There are two winding paths that lead directly to the city. The town appears to be located on the coastline as the ocean is on the left side of the image and behind the buildings. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, uilla [town].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:24085
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_24085_OBJ.jpg