Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala

Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
Self-portrait of Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala, who is listening to the relations and legends of the ancient Indians, who by their headdresses are distinguished as coming from several provinces and ranks
Bornc. 1535
Diedafter 1616
OccupationChronicler
Notable workEl primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno

Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala (c. 1535[1] – after 1616), also known as Huamán Poma or Waman Poma, was a Quechua nobleman known for chronicling and denouncing the ill treatment of the natives of the Andes by the Spanish Empire after their conquest of Peru.[2] Today, Guaman Poma is noted for his illustrated chronicle, El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno.[3]

  1. ^ Fane, 165
  2. ^ Adorno, Rolena. Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala's Nueva crónica y buen gobierno (New Chronicle and Good Government). Early Ibero/Anglo Americanist Summit: New World Antiquities and Histories. (retrieved 8 Sept 2009)
  3. ^ Fane, 166

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