The Southernmost End of South America Through Cartography: Tierra del Fuego, the South Atlantic Ocean and Antarctica from the 16th to 19th Century (The Latin American Studies Book Series)

This volume describes the construction of the territorial identity of the southern end of South America and analyzes the cartographic territorialization of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the “Terra Australis” continent. Different spatial representations and territorial nature coexisted in this process as a result of the spatial interpretation and value modes as well as the projects and strategies of various actors. The book discusses the formal and symbolic incorporation to the Spanish dominion and its inclusion in the imperial design built over a new image of the world. Examining Jesuit cartography it considers both the indigenous territoriality and the dynamics of relations between natural and social components in the continental hinterland. The process of cartographic differentiation for this southern Atlantic region is analyzed in the framework of early Antarctic exploration and competing use of navigation routes and maritime resources. The book emphasizes the role geopolitical and economic interests play in these developments. The formation of territorialities of various origins has particular contents and logic, which are built upon imaginary subordination to political and economic interests. Cartographic language in the 19th century, associated with political and commercial motivations and the (British) imperial ideology, stimulated the territorial expansion. The book argues why in the late 1800's this was an important factor in the integration process of the southern indigenous territories and the national territoriality. Acknowledgements Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Thinking of the Territory in the Long Term 1.2 Methodological Specifications References 2 The First Territorialization of Southern Lands and Seas in Modern Cartography 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Possibility of a Southern Ecumene 2.3 The Discovery of Tierra Del Fuego: The Outset of the Debate on Territorialization 2.4 The Formal and Symbolic Incorporation to Colonial Dominion 2.5 Imperial Designs on the New World Image 2.6 Conclusions References 3 Cartographic Construction of a South Atlantic Region 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Finding the Southwestern Pass and the First Territorial Narratives 3.3 The Process of Territorial Distinction 3.4 The Southern Region as a Dominion Space 3.5 Conclusions References 4 Cartographic Representations of Indigenous Territoriality 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Patagonia as a Social Space: Ovalle’s Story Map 4.3 Integrating Natives’ Spatial Knowledge in Cardiel and Falkner’s Maps 4.4 Imperial Use of Jesuit Cartography 4.5 Native Informants from the Southernmost Tip 4.6 Conclusions References 5 Southern Patagonia, Tierra Del Fuego, the South Atlantic and The Antarctic Lands Within Global Strategies 5.1 Introduction 5.2 From Inhospitable Land to “Nobody’s Land” 5.3 Competing for Resources and International Rivalry 5.4 The Circumpolarity of the Southern Pole: Imperial Propaganda? 5.5 Juxtaposed Territorialities 5.6 Conclusions References Correction to: Southern Patagonia, Tierra Del Fuego, the South Atlantic and The Antarctic Lands Within Global Strategies Correction to: Chapter 5 in: L. I. de Lasa and M. T. Luiz, The Southernmost End of South America Through Cartography, The Latin American Studies Book Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65879-35