Establishing Colonial Rule in a Frontier Encomienda: Chile’s Copiapó Valley under Francisco de Aguirre and His Kin, 1549–1580.

This article explores how Francisco de Aguirre used the Copiapó Valley encomienda to negotiate political power during the transition from conquest to colonial rule in northern Chile. Simultaneously, we analyze the circumstances of how a native society was incorporated into the Spanish Empire after a...

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Published in:	Latin American Research Review Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 377 - 394
Main Authors:	Garrido, Francisco, Figueroa, Erick
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press Jun2024
Subjects:	De Aguirre, Francisco Imperialism Negotiation Civil war Insurgency
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