Correspondencia Oficial e Inedita sobre la Demarcacion de Limites entre el Paraguay y el Brasil

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Azara, Félix de, 1742-1821

Language:

Spanish

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Correspondencia Oficial e Inédita sobre la Demarcación de Límites entre el Paraguay y el Brasil" by D. Félix de Azara is a historical document written in the early 19th century. The book contains a collection of official correspondence regarding the boundary demarcation between Paraguay and Brazil, specifically addressing the complexities and disputes arising from various treaties and territorial claims. It likely serves as a crucial historical record of the political negotiations and geographical challenges faced during the period. The opening of the correspondence reveals Azara's meticulous approach to documenting the challenges in accurately identifying and establishing the borders according to earlier treaties. He communicates with the Governor of Paraguay about the specifics of land ownership, discusses the ambiguities of river names that were essential for boundary definitions, and shares his concerns over Portuguese encroachments. Azara's letters reflect his diligence in gathering geographical intelligence and responding to the nuances of both Spanish and Portuguese claims, as well as his struggles with local officials, indicating a broader narrative of colonial tensions and evolving territorial identities in South America. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Héctor Cancela and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 52.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Release date is 2009-05-21