Continentes flotantes: Viajes, hielos flotantes y utilidad en la expedición de José Bustamante y Guerra a las islas Aurora (1794)

Article

Authorship

FIGUEROA, MARCELO FABIAN

Date

2023

Publishing House and Editing Place

Grupo de Investigación en Historia de Europa Moderna Fac. Humanidades UNMDP

Magazine

Magallánica, vol. 9 (pp. 464-477) - ISSN 2422-779X
Grupo de Investigación en Historia de Europa Moderna Fac. Humanidades UNMDP

ISSN

2422-779X

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This paper studies the journey of La Atrevida frigate to Aurora Islands, this travel is framed in the second stay of the Malaspina expedition in the Malvinas Islands. La Atrevida’s voyage on January 1794, which registered and explained the existence of floating ice in the commercial route between Cadiz and Lima is taken as an example of knowledge production at the distance. The question of the usefulness of the knowledge produced by the Spanish voyage highlights the political appropriatio... This paper studies the journey of La Atrevida frigate to Aurora Islands, this travel is framed in the second stay of the Malaspina expedition in the Malvinas Islands. La Atrevida’s voyage on January 1794, which registered and explained the existence of floating ice in the commercial route between Cadiz and Lima is taken as an example of knowledge production at the distance. The question of the usefulness of the knowledge produced by the Spanish voyage highlights the political appropriation of science by Spain in order to counteract the English advance in the South Atlantic.