Source recordAncient text
El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno (The First New Chronicle and Good Government)
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala · c. 1615 · Spanish and Quechua
Ancient text
El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno (The First New Chronicle and Good Government)
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
An illustrated 1,189-page letter to Philip III by an Andean noble from Lucanas, with nearly 400 drawings of Inca rulers, ritual calendar, and colonial abuses. The manuscript is held by the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen.
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An illustrated 1,189-page letter to Philip III by an Andean noble from Lucanas, with nearly 400 drawings of Inca rulers, ritual calendar, and colonial abuses. The manuscript is held by the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen.
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