Landscapes and Urban Views of Colonial Chile

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his collection of maps belong to the group produced during the Spanish territories management and administration action from the time of the arrival Christopher Columbus in the Antilles until the emancipation of the different provinces, collection of documents that belong to the General Archive of the Indies.

The speed of the territory occupation which was almost completed by the mid 16th century corresponded with the colonising and foundational process that took place as the result of the formation of a wide urban net of permanent settlements from north to south and east to west on the continent. The settlement cities in the zone are reflected in this brief sample that belongs to the last section of the Maps and Drawings of the Peru and Chile Series.

This folder includes:

• Urban drawings of La Serena de Coquimbo (1743).
• Drawing of Concepcion de Chile (1752).
• Views of the Church and Convent of the Carmelitas de la Cañadillas de Santiago de Chile (1763).
• Explanatory text in Spanish by María Antonia Colomar

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