Abstract

OLVERA CHARLES, Fernando. The Vision of the Other in the Journey of Recognition of the Mexican Sine Coast of José de Escandón (1747). Anu.hist.reg.front. [online]. 2021, vol.26, n.2, pp.255-286.  Epub May 30, 2021. ISSN 0122-2066.  https://doi.org/10.18273/revanu.v26n2-2021009.

The discovery of America and, subsequently, the process of Hispanic colonial expansion, generated two exploration journeys, by sea or land. These journeys generated plenty of information about the landscape, flora and fauna, and its native inhabitants. The article discusses the use of these sources in historiography, which explains this process and reconstructs the cultural characteristics of Aboriginal people. It seeks to make a critical revaluation and debate its usefulness, based on the travel diary prepared by José de Escandón in 1747. Another objective is to uncover those foundations that influenced the description of the indigenous people of the New World, based on the approach of the other. The inquiry has made it possible to raise theoretical and methodological assumptions that allow a more thoughtful analysis of the sources and their use. As well as elements to access a better understanding of the meaning and usefulness that the information collected had in the context of its authors.

Keywords : Colonialism; Manuscript; Amerindian; Visualization; Cultural Identity.

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