Guaman Poma's drawing of Atahualpa held prisoner, from the Nueva coronica (1615). The closing chapters of Sarmiento's history cover the war of Huascar and Atahualpa and the Spanish capture.
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1615 - El primer nueva coronica y buen gobierno (1615), Atahualpa prisoner drawing
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Guaman Poma's drawing of Capac Raymi, the December solstice festival of the Sun, from the Nueva coronica (1615). Sarmiento describes the Inca solar cult and calendar feasts instituted at Cusco.
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1615 - El primer nueva coronica y buen gobierno (1615), Capac Raymi drawing
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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala's pen drawing of Manco Inca Yupanqui seated on the usno throne, from the Nueva coronica y buen gobierno (1615). Sarmiento's History of the Incas narrates Manco Inca's investiture and rebellion.
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1615 - El primer nueva coronica y buen gobierno (1615), Manco Inca drawing
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Guaman Poma's drawing of the November month of the dead, when ancestor mummies were carried in procession. Sarmiento repeatedly describes the preserved bodies and cult of the dead Inca rulers.
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1615 - El primer nueva coronica y buen gobierno (1615), Aya Marcay Quilla drawing
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the Nations Which Pachacuti Inca Subjugated and the Towns He Took: and First of Tocay Ccapac, Sinchi of the Ayamarcas, and the Destruction of the Cuyos
History of the Incas Chapter XXXIV
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