Conchas de fuego y de sangre

Durante el siglo XVII, desde Madrid, el rey y sus ministros del Consejo de Indias gobernaban territorios esparcidos entre Filipinas, Santo Domingo, México, Perú, Chile, Nueva Galicia, etc. En suma el Nuevo Mundo o las Indias Occidentales. Para superar distancias inéditas, la autoridad real recurrió masivamente a los papeles: cartas, cédulas, memoriales, informaciones, etc. fueron el principal medio de comunicación entre las dos orillas del Atlántico y más allá del Pacífico. Al estudiar un personaje secundario y desconocido, Juan Díez de la Calle, oficial de la Secretaría de Nueva...

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Entre la colección de documentos del archivo Arroyo, que fueron propiedad del doctor David Mejía Velilla antes de su donación a la Universidad de La Sabana, se encuentra un epistolario de José María Mosquera y Figueroa, conformado por noventa cartas de este payanés ilustre, fechadas entre los años 1808 y 1828.