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Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala

Inca nobleman, author, and illustrator
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Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala (born c. 1535, Huamanga? [Peru]—died c. 1615, Huamanga?, Viceroyalty of Peru) was an Inca nobleman who wrote and illustrated El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno (1612–15; “The First New Chronicle and Good Government”), a critical account of Spanish rule in Peru. Guamán Poma was born into a noble Inca family shortly after the Spanish conquest of Peru. He did not have formal training as an artist. His half brother,...

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