De Xarayes ao Pantanal

A Cartografia De Um Mito Geográfico

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ID2742573
AuthorsMaria De Fátima Costa, Maria De Fátima Dias Costa (0000-0003-0916-2893, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume0
Issue45
Pages21
Publication date2007-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista do Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-3874 • E-ISSN: 2316-901X
PublisherUniversidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/issn.2316-901x.v0i45p21-36
OpenAlexW2023235958
LanguageEN
Citations received5

The subject of this article is the Laguna de los Xarayes, which represents a lasting geographical myth, like many others, as those of the lakes Eupana, Eldorado or Paytiti. It embodies a myth that appeared soon after 1600, and that was quickly incorporated in cartographical representations. On the maps it was drawn as a great lake or lagoon, in whose surroundings lived agriculture practicing Indians, lovely people who owned precious metals: they were the Xarayes. With such features it was already included in the early Dutch atlases, at the beginning of the 17th Century, becoming then a generally accepted component of the South American middle lands. Also the jesuitical cartography included it as the source of the river Paraguay. At the middle of the 18th Century, however, both by the commissioners in charge of the boundary settlement and the Jesuits recognized the Laguna de los Xarayes as the river Paraguay overflowing its banks during the rainy season. From then on this place was registered as the Pantanal

Ancient history · Archaeology · Boundary (topology) · Ethnology · Geography · Mythology · Settlement (finance) · Environmental Sustainability and Education · History · Urban Development and Societal Issues

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