The Inka asks what the Spaniard eats. The Spaniard replies: “Gold.” From Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, The First New Chronicle and Good Government (El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno), c. 1615 (The Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)


The Inka asks what the Spaniard eats. The Spaniard replies: "Gold." From Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, The First New Chronicle and Good Government (El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno), c. 1615 (The Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)

Cite this page as: Beth Harris, "The Inka asks what the Spaniard eats. The Spaniard replies: “Gold.” From Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, The First New Chronicle and Good Government (El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno), c. 1615 (The Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen)," in Smarthistory, May 22, 2016, accessed March 28, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/guaman-chronicle/poma0371v/.