La Civdad de Caxamarca · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La Civdad de Caxamarca
Subject: Cities; Towns; Villages; Indigenous Peoples; Spaniards; Colonialism; Colonization; Francisco Pizarro; Atahualpa Inca
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cajamarca; 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 city of Cajamarca in Peru. This city, according to the author, was the city of the last Inca Emperor, Atahualpa Inca. The city was taken from Atahualpa Inca by the conquistador Francisco Pizarro, who later beheaded the Inca. The city is illustrated as a cluster of buildings that forms a main square in the centre. There are three people depicted standing in the square. There is also a soldier standing outside of the city walls in front of a herd of animals. There are two paths drawn that lead into the city. The caption at the bottom of the image reads ciudad [city].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23837
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_23837_OBJ.jpg