Colonial Landscapes

Redrawing Andean Territories in the Seventeenth Century

Explore the social and environmental transformations experienced by the native peoples and the landscapes of present-day Colombia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, through the analysis of a landscape painting of the Bogotá Savanna of 1614.

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the painting's history.
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some of the map's secrets.
the collection: Check out the historical sources of this page and some additional materials.