Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe, fl., 1613

Contributed to

The first new chronicle and good government
book chapter 1936

Summary: Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala, 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. Today, Guaman Poma is noted for his illustrated chronicle, El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno. Wikipedia
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [6]
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Born: 1534 [6]; 1550 [2]
Birth Place: San Cristóbal de Suntuntu (Pérou) [3]; Viceroyalty of Peru [6]
Died: 1615 [2][6]
Death Place: Lima (Pérou) [3]; Lima [6]
Country: Peru [2]
Language: Spanish | Castilian [3]
Occupation: chronicler [6]; draftsperson [6]; translator [6]; writer [6]
Profession: Chronist [2]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Latvia; 5. Danish Bibliographic Centre; 6. Wikidata

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