Inca Empire - Conquistadors Seek Gold

This image, from Poma de Ayala's chapter on the Spanish conquest and the civil wars, depicts a discussion between the Inka and a Spaniard.  The Inka asks what the Spaniard eats. The Spaniard replies: "Gold." 

It is drawing 147 (on page 369) of his book, The First New Chronicle and Good Government On the History of the World and the Incas up to 1615.

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From Poma de Ayala's book, The First New Chronicle and Good Government On the History of the World and the Incas up to 1615, pages 369 [371].

The original manuscript - Nueva corónica y buen gobierno - is maintained by the Royal Library in Copenhagen (which is the National Library of Denmark).