The first new chronicle and good government, is a peruvian chronicle finished around 1615. Since its rediscovery in 1908, the item has become widely known as the only extant document. Guaman poma wrote about andean peoples prior to the arrival of europeans in the 1530s as well as documented the current colonial situation andean refers to the andes mountains, in what is today peru. Guaman poma wrote about preconquest andean history and also described what he saw as the damaging effects of spanish colonization on native society. Close all library buildings are closed until 10th of may.
Engage your students during remote learning with video readalouds. Rolena adorno nueva coronica y buen gobierno essay. A digital research center of the royal library, copenhagen, denmark. Cronica y buen gobierno guaman poma santo francisco pizarro. His purpose was to give a historical account of the andes from the earliest human beings to the incas and the spanish conquest. Documentary heritage submitted by denmark and recommended for inclusion in the memory of the world register in 2007. Guaman poma was born into a noble inca family shortly after the spanish conquest of peru. Nueva cronica y buen gobierno, i latin american studies. The item is an autograph manuscript of 1,200 pages including 400 fullpage drawings. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. Cronica y buen gobierno guaman poma santo francisco. Nueva coronica y buen gobierno 1615, edited by franklin pease g. Quod opus manu auctoris scriptum imaginibusque repletum apud bibliothecam regiam danicam servatur et saeculo xx. He wrote his nueva coronica y buen gobierno or new chronicle and good government to provide the spanish king with an andean perspective on colonial peru.