Resumen

CORTES LARRAVIDE, ENRIQUE ALBERTO. The First Years of the Encomienda of the Indians of the Valley of Copiapó through Santillán s Visit to the Kingdom of Chile in 1558. Front. hist. [online]. 2021, vol.26, n.2, pp.170-193.  Epub 01-Jul-2021. ISSN 2027-4688.  https://doi.org/10.22380/20274688.1260.

This article studies the encomienda of Indians from the Copiapó valley, in Chile, in the middle of the 16th century, through a visit and rate carried out in 1558 during the government of don García Hurtado de Mendoza by the oidor of the Audiencia of Lima don Hernando de Santillán. The results of the analysis of this document allow us to show not only the evolution of this encomienda through the weight generated by it, but also the profound changes generated by in the local colonial economy, which was based on the exploitation of the gold deposits of the kingdom of Chile.

Palabras clave : indians of Copiapó; rate of Santillán; encomienda; visita; gold; mit'a.

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