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The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the...

This study re-examines and contextualises Eduard Seler's investigations in the Chaculá-Region, Guatemala. A new study of the Ethnological Museum Berlin's materials from the region, including previously undocumented ceramics, reveals a chronology suggesting that the major settlements were occupied from the Late Classic to the Early Postclassic.

La colección "Enigmas de las Américas" analiza expediciones de siglos pasados que buscaron descifrar enigmas de la geografía del continente americano. En cada libro, especialistas internacionales escriben artículos donde analizan, desde distintas perspectivas y diversos momentos, el impacto de estas expediciones en la construcción de imaginarios y en la cartografía, es decir, en aquellos dispositivos visuales conocidos como mapas. El presente libro se enfoca en el esfuerzo por descifrar el enigma del paso interoceánico en diversos puntos de la geografía americana. De acuerdo con el...

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