Francisco Hernandes Giron se also Contra la Corona Rreal y Mato al Capitan Alonso Palomino y a Morales en el Cuzco · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Francisco Hernandes Giron se also Contra la Corona Rreal y Mato al Capitan Alonso Palomino y a Morales en el Cuzco
Subject: Conquistadors; Conquest; Spaniards; Alonso Palomino; Francisco Hernandez Giron; Morales; Violence
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America
Description: This chapter focuses on discussing the arrival of Spaniards and the Spanish conquest of Peru. This image depicts the conquistador, Francisco Hernandez Giron, standing above the dead bodies of Captain Alonso Palomino and Morales. He is illustrated wearing a full suit of armour while holding a spear in his left hand and the flag of Castile in his right. The dead body on the right side of the image is identified as Palomino (his name is written on his arm). The body on the left side of the image is identified as Morales (his name is also written on his arm). The caption at the bottom of the image reads, “en el Cuzco” [in Cusco].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:22469
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles; Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_22469_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Conquistadors; Conquest; Spaniards; Alonso Palomino; Francisco Hernandez Giron; Morales; Violence