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Felipe Guaman Poma’s purpose in the composition of his letter to Philip III
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The purpose of this essay is to define Felipe Guaman Poma's purpose in the composition of his letter to Philip III by examining a few of his illustrative drawings that accompany his narrative. This is not an all-inclusive study. It will simply provide a brief assertion of Poma's intention, which will be revealed as a two folded purpose. Felipe Guaman Poma's The First New Chronicle and Good Government is a twelve-hundred page letter. Roughly a quarter of the letter consists of full-page drawings that narrate and complement the text. Poma presents a personalized version of a history and civilization of the Inca Empire, as well as an account of Spanish colonialism in Peru. A text written from an indigenous Andean perspective during the colonial period is very rare and for this reason, renders Poma's work as an important and unique literary work. The only other work that could...
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