Simon de Nantua, Ó El Mercader Forastero: Obra Escrita En Frances Por M.L.P. de Jussieu: Obtuvo El Premio Costeado Por Un Anónimo Y Propuesto Por La S

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Esta obra recoge testimonios tempranos sobre la conquista de los Llanos Orientales de Colombia y constituye el tomo V de las Relaciones y Visitas a los Andes. Enriquecen el texto, entre otros documentos, cartas de Antonio de Berrío quien a finales del siglo XVI, aún buscaba El Dorado mítico más allá del Orinoco, y en ellas describe grandes caravanas de soldados y siervos que arrastraban o cargaban desde los Andes vituallas y ganados por entre ríos y sabanas pobladas de indios. Textos sobre los repartos de San Juan de los Llanos, de 1556, aportan novedosa información sobre las etnias...

Joseph de la Barrera expones en su Dedicatoria a la condesa de Paredes el proposito del festin con el que el convento de Clarisas dispuso la ceremonia de bienvenida a la nueva Virreina: hazer ostentativo alarde de sus carinos y publica demostracion de sus afectos. Aun resuenan los ecos de las festivas aclamaciones de su felice entrada, por lo que los arcos disenados por Sor Juana y Siguenza son el referente sobre el que Barrera justifica la validez del ofrecimiento de las Clarisas. El relator se confiesa admirado a la metrica plausible armonia con que tantos canoros cisnes del mexicano...