Pregvnta Sv M[agestad], Responde el Avtor, Don Phelipe el Terzero, Rrey Monarca del Mundo · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Pregvnta Sv M[agestad], Responde el Avtor, Don Phelipe el Terzero, Rrey Monarca del Mundo
Subject: Colonialism; Colonization; Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala; King Philip III; Spaniards; Chronicle
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; South America; Spain; Castile
Description: This image represents an imagined meeting and conversation between the author of the book and the king of Spain. The author prepared this book to present to the king of Spain in the hopes that they could discuss how to save the indigenous peoples of Peru. The author of the book, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala is depicted kneeling on the right side of the image as he presents his book to the king. The caption above his head reads, ayala, el autor [Ayala, the author]. The king, Philip III, is depicted sitting on a throne on the left side of the image wearing a crown and holding a long staff in his left hand. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, Presenta personalmente el autor la Corónica a su Magestad [The author personally presents the Chronicle to His Majesty].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23808
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_23808_OBJ.jpg