Ciudades europeas y americanas en los escritos de los Jesuitas de los siglos XVII y XVIII en sus viajes al Río de la Plata

Abstract

The Jesuits conducted an extensive series of voyages from Europe to Buenos Aires, to join the evangelization of the Jesuit Province of Paraguay. Recruitments in Spain, their departures –from both Sevilla/Cadiz and Lisbon with stops in Rio de Janeiro– and the happenings that took place during the no less than three-month boat trips, were reason for writing long texts full of feelings of hope and wonder at the unknown. They provide a different type of source that allows us to have another look at the cities. In this opportunity we systematize and analyze those Jesuit texts which aimed to describe the urban settings they passed through.