Chorographic Reflections on a Seventeenth-Century Map from southern Charcas
This article deals with a little-known 17th century map of the south of Charcas. Found in the National Library of France, this map was the object of study in a short article by the French ethnohistorian Thierry Saignes in 1985. Here, while articulating the information found in the map with historica...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/esnoa/article/view/1964 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=estusoc&d=1964_oai |
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| Sumario: | This article deals with a little-known 17th century map of the south of Charcas. Found in the National Library of France, this map was the object of study in a short article by the French ethnohistorian Thierry Saignes in 1985. Here, while articulating the information found in the map with historical sources and recent archaeological data, we reveal the general meaning of the document and explore two themes that are prominent in the document and directly related: Mining and indigenous mountain cults, both principal sites of power struggles and survival in the Andes after the arrival of the Spanish. Analysis of the document reveals that it was a detailed and precise ecclesiastical cartography of a portion of the Archbishopric of Charcas, with the city of La Plata and its orbit of influence conforming its principal focus. |
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