Bizancio y Venecia

La primera edición de "Mi viaje a América" fue realizada por la Librería General de Victoriano Suárez en 1911, en Madrid. En la presente se incluye, la reproducción de la portada, portadilla y dedicatoria de aquella primera edición. El resto constituye una transcripción literal de la misma que respeta la grafía original, si bien se ha corregido las erratas advertidas en la fe de erratas de la primera edición.

Durante los siglos XVI y XVII, gran parte de la Real Audiencia de Quito es un territorio de frontera. En la mitad septentrional, la autoridad de los funcionarios coloniales se limita a los valles se­rranos y solo en algunas ocasiones se extiende hacia el territorio situado en los contrafuertes andinos. Aunque la población de Qui­to no se encuentra directamente amenazada por los indígenas hostiles, a uno y otro lado de la ciudad, tanto al este como al oeste, es posible encontrar, apenas a un par de jornadas, grupos indíge­nas hostiles, denominados "indios de guerra" en los documentos...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...