page_title: Martín de Murúa
hierarchical_section_title: Martín de Murúa
caption_attribution_description: Fray Martín de Murúa, by Felipe Huamán Poma de Ayala. Nueva Corónica f. 661v. Portrait detail
context_page_description: Martín de Murúa, O. de M., was a Basque Mercedarian friar and chronicler of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. He is primarily known for his work Historia general del Piru, which is considered the earliest illustrated history of Peru.
context_section_description: Martín de Murúa, O. de M., (c. 1525 in Gipuzkoa, Spain – c. 1618 in Spain) was a Basque Mercedarian friar and chronicler of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. He is primarily known for his work Historia general del Piru (written c.1580-1616), which is considered the earliest illustrated history of Peru.
caption: Martín de Murúa by Guamán Poma de Ayala (1615)
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