El Doze Capitan Capac Apo Gvaman Chava · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: El Doze Capitan Capac Apo Gvaman Chava
Subject: Capac Apo Guaman Chaua; Inca Captains; Inca Empire; Inca Kings; Conquest; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; West Indies; South America; Quito; Ecuador; New Grenada
Description: This illustration depicts the twelfth captain, Capac Apo Guaman Chaua. These captains were a level of Inca authority who helped lead the conquest of the Andes. The author explains that this man was captain general of the people of Chinchaysuyo. This is why Chinchaysuyo is written at the bottom of the image. He is depicted holding a long spear in his right hand and a club in his left, with his shield resting on the ground beside him. The author explains that this captain conquered from the province of Quito to New Grenada.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20245
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_20245_OBJ.jpg