A 1607 Report on the Catamarca Valley and the Mountains of Santiago del Estero
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https://doi.org/10.35305/prohistoria.vi27.1211Keywords:
Partido de la Sierra, Catamarca Valley, Santiago del Estero, Governorate of Tucuman, IndiansAbstract
We offer a letter of Teniente de Naturales Juan de Betanzos to the Governor of Tucuman Alonso de Ribera, signed in Alvigasta on 7 February 1607. It contains the report of his Visit to the district of Partido de la Sierra in the jurisdiction of Santiago de Estero, including the western mountains and the Catamarca Valley. At the moment, is the only original Visit Report known, written by one of the Tenientes de Naturales appointed by the Governor as part of his project to visit the Governorate, to apply the Abreu´s Ordinances and to relieve the Indians.
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2017-06-01
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Castro Olañeta, I., & Carmignani, L. (2017). A 1607 Report on the Catamarca Valley and the Mountains of Santiago del Estero. Prohistoria. Historia, políticas De La Historia, (27), 99–105. https://doi.org/10.35305/prohistoria.vi27.1211
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