Descrição geral do Reino do Peru, em particular de Lima
Synopsis
This text, written during the first half of the 17th century, reflects the experience of many Portuguese, often involved in trade, who travelled through Andean territory during the period of union of the Iberian crowns. The papers included in this publication address this circulation between empires from different perspectives, showing the relations that existed between Iberian subjects, apart from the legal separation established in Tomar.
Readers interested in aspects such as trade, the nature of Peruvian territory, its geography and agriculture will find in this book a wealth of very detailed information, also concerning the different human groups that lived and circulated in Peru. This edition includes two types of notes: on the one hand, notes of a historical nature, with the aim of clarifying terms and concepts specific to Peruvian and Spanish-American colonial history; and on the other hand, comments on the translation which aim at drawing attention to the linguistic singularities of the text. Lastly, we have edited the transcription of a document related to the inquisitorial process endured by the author, preserved in the National Historical Archive of Madrid.
[Translation by Isabel Araújo Branco & Ana Silva; and notes by António Castro Nunes]
Chapters
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Descrição do reino do Peru: A circulação no mundo andino aos olhos de um súbdito ibérico
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Terras americanas: crónica e imagens
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Notas de errância e diáspora. A presença de cristãos-novos portugueses no Peru: Inquisição e tabaco (Séculos XVI – XVII
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Vasallos que se observan: opinión y escritura imperial bajo la unión de coronas (1580-1640)
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La mirada portuguesa al Perú de los siglos XVI y XVI
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Descrição geral do Reino do Peru, em particular de Lima
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Excerto da Relação das causas despachadas na Inquisição de Sevilha em 1619. Archivo Histórico Nacional, Inquisición, Legajo 2075, n.º32, fols. 2-4v.
