José de la Serna e Hinojosa, 1st Count of the Andes was a Spanish general and colonial official. He was the last Spanish viceroy of Peru to exercise effective power.
Retrato del conde de los Andes
Viceroyalty of Peru
Videos
The Viceroyalty of Peru, officially known as the Kingdom of Peru, was a Spanish imperial provincial administrative district. Created in 1542, it encompassed modern Peru and most of the Spanish Empire
José de la Serna, 1st Count of the Andes
…José de la Serna e Hinojosa, 1st Count of the Andes (July 28, 1770 – July 6, 1832) was a Spanish general and colonial official. He was the last Spanish viceroy of Peru to exercise effective power (January 29, 1821 to December 1824). He was born in Jerez de la Frontera on 28 July 1770. His family had been dedicated to…
Francisco Pizarro meets the Inca emperor Atahualpa in 1532.
Viceroy Francisco de Toledo
First image of the Cerro Rico mine in Potosí to reach Europe, by Pedro Cieza de León in 1552.
The "City of Kings" ,with the Cathedral of Lima under construction, and Plaza Mayor. Painting from 1680, Museo de América.