Premières représentations du Huyapari (alias Orénoque) (1498-1552) : la quête de Meta et ses revers

The great American rivers have been more obstacles than channels of communication for the Spanish or Portuguese conquerors. Their gigantism and the Amazonian natural environment with regard to the Amazon and the Orinoco, provoked a scrambled geographical discourse, mostly unfortunate experiences, sp...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:fa7fc1272dfc4f24915e5242cd61ec7b2021-12-02T10:34:23ZPremières représentations du Huyapari (alias Orénoque) (1498-1552) : la quête de Meta et ses revers1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.81773https://doaj.org/article/fa7fc1272dfc4f24915e5242cd61ec7b2020-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/81773https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252The great American rivers have been more obstacles than channels of communication for the Spanish or Portuguese conquerors. Their gigantism and the Amazonian natural environment with regard to the Amazon and the Orinoco, provoked a scrambled geographical discourse, mostly unfortunate experiences, speculative mapping and the proliferation of auriferous mirages. The hydrographic and ethnographic realities of the Orinoco basin have been perceived in a fragmentary, uncertain way, sometimes even absorbed by its giant neighbor during the whole of the 16th century: it is the emergence of this confused fluvial geography that we wish to analyze, in order to show both the achievements, the expectations and the setbacks.Louise Bénat-TachotCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticleOrinocofluvial geographyconquestEl DoradoMetachronicles of the IndiesAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2020)
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collection DOAJ
language EN
FR
PT
topic Orinoco
fluvial geography
conquest
El Dorado
Meta
chronicles of the Indies
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle Orinoco
fluvial geography
conquest
El Dorado
Meta
chronicles of the Indies
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
Louise Bénat-Tachot
Premières représentations du Huyapari (alias Orénoque) (1498-1552) : la quête de Meta et ses revers
description The great American rivers have been more obstacles than channels of communication for the Spanish or Portuguese conquerors. Their gigantism and the Amazonian natural environment with regard to the Amazon and the Orinoco, provoked a scrambled geographical discourse, mostly unfortunate experiences, speculative mapping and the proliferation of auriferous mirages. The hydrographic and ethnographic realities of the Orinoco basin have been perceived in a fragmentary, uncertain way, sometimes even absorbed by its giant neighbor during the whole of the 16th century: it is the emergence of this confused fluvial geography that we wish to analyze, in order to show both the achievements, the expectations and the setbacks.
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author Louise Bénat-Tachot
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title Premières représentations du Huyapari (alias Orénoque) (1498-1552) : la quête de Meta et ses revers
title_short Premières représentations du Huyapari (alias Orénoque) (1498-1552) : la quête de Meta et ses revers
title_full Premières représentations du Huyapari (alias Orénoque) (1498-1552) : la quête de Meta et ses revers
title_fullStr Premières représentations du Huyapari (alias Orénoque) (1498-1552) : la quête de Meta et ses revers
title_full_unstemmed Premières représentations du Huyapari (alias Orénoque) (1498-1552) : la quête de Meta et ses revers
title_sort premières représentations du huyapari (alias orénoque) (1498-1552) : la quête de meta et ses revers
publisher Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
publishDate 2020
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