Abstract

GUERRA, ADRIANO. The invisible empire. Mosquitoes in the Colombian Caribbean seen by foreign travelers of the 19th century. memorias [online]. 2020, n.41, pp.103-129.  Epub May 14, 2021. ISSN 1794-8886.  https://doi.org/10.14482/memor.41.986.1.

The article explores, through the perspective of foreign travelers who visited the Colombian Caribbean during the 19th century, the way in which they faced the environmental conditions and the discomforts of the trip, especially the constant annoyance of the travelers mosquitoes the main. Objective is to present the way mosquitoes conditioned time, spaces and materialities. Becoming active elements that conditioned the idea of the tropics, classifying their geography according to their presence. The mosquitoes were inserted not only in the skin of the travelers, but in their stories and appreciations about the environment.

Keywords : Caribbean; history of nature; insect; travelers.

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