Fundación y resignificación de puertos y varaderos en el río Magdalena durante el siglo XVI

Resumo

Throughout the history of mankind, the seas and rivers have been magnificent spaces for communication, trade and obtaining resources. In America, the fluvial courses were also the main entrance from the sea to the interior territories, which accentuated their function as spaces for communication, circulation of products and contact. In this sense, the present investigation focuses on a dual analysis of how the fluvial zones of port use in the pre-Hispanic period were adapted for the traffic established in the Magdalena River at the beginning of the Hispanic period, or were replaced by new spaces that guaranteed the feasibility of a strategic communication for the development of the New Kingdom of Granada.