2. Coming into View: The Pacific Lowlands in Manuscript Maps

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Glossary xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. New Granada: A Categorically Different Viceroyalty 13
8. 2. Coming into View: The Pacific Lowlands in Manuscript Maps 19
9. 3. The Map of the Atrato River and Pueblos of Cuna Indians: The Atrato Vigía and the Short-Lived Cuna Reducción of Murindo, 1759–1778 37
10. 4. The Map of the Chocó, Panama, and Cupica: The Unrealized Potential of a Pacific Port, 1777–1808 57
11. 5. The Map of the Dagua River Region: Las Juntas, Sombrerillo, and African Agency in the Pacific Lowlands, 1739–1786 75
12. 6. The Map of the Yurumanguí Indians: The “Discovery” and Decimation of the Pacific Lowlands’ Indigenous Inhabitants, 1742–1780 87
13. Conclusions: What Manuscript Maps Contribute to the Study of Colonial Latin America 105
14. Appendix A: Transcribed Text from Manuscript Map Legends 109
15. Appendix B: Technical Study of the Manuscript Map of Dagua River Region, Colombia 114
16. Notes 117
17. References 145
18. Index 159