A disputa ibérica pelo domínio do Rio Paraguai na segunda metade do século XVIII e a sua representação cartográfica

Mário Clemente Ferreira

The Iberian dispute for the domain of the Paraguay River in the second half of the 18th century and its cartographic representation

Authors

Mário Clemente Ferreira Doutorando em História na Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. É assistente de investigação no Centro de História de Além-Mar, da Universidade Nova de Lisboa e da Universidade dos Açores.

Keywords:

Portuguese colonization, the Paraguay River, occupation, eighteenth century

Abstract

The colonial occupation of the Paraguay River valley was mainly in the second half of the eighteenth century. In addition to seeking to identify the reasons for such a late colonial occupation, this communication intends primarily to examine how this process has developed, including the dispute between the two Iberian crowns for dominance of territory and Portuguese and Spanish cartographic production.