European explorers enhanced knowledge, but their efforts were soured by an air of re-conquest.
South America after independence
Stereotypical folkloric scenes were widely circulated, shaping perceptions of Latin America at home and abroad.
Costumbrismo
The Colombian Chorographic Commission mapped the country while also documenting the landscape and its people.
Carmelo Fernández, The Strait of Furatena in ...
Enlightenment ideals of democracy planted the seeds for colonial movements in the Spanish colonies of the Americas.