Conquista Don Diego Almagro, Don Francisco Pizaro · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Conquista Don Diego Almagro, Don Francisco Pizaro
Subject: Spaniards; Conquistadors; Don Diego Almagro; Don Francisco Pizarro; Exploitation; Colonialism; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Inca Empire; Inca
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cuzco; Cusco; West Indies; South America; Castile; Spain; Europe
Description: This chapter focuses on discussing the arrival of Spaniards and the Spanish conquest of Peru. This image depicts conquistador Don Diego Almagro on the left side of the image and conquistador Don Francisco Pizarro on the right side of the image with two soldiers standing behind him. They are all depicted in full armor and one of the soldiers is depicted holding the flag of Castile. The author explains that these soldiers were eager to voyage to the Indies in the hopes of finding the abundance of gold and silver. The caption at the bottom of the image reads en Castilla [in Castile] to identify the location.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20881
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_20881_OBJ.jpg