2012
DOI: 10.3989/chdj.2012.m102
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Illustrators of the New World. The Image in the Spanish Scientific Expeditions of the Enlightenment

Abstract: In the Eighteenth Century, with the boom in the exploration of the Earth, most travellers and explorers had painters and illustrators at their sides who recorded their adventures, even their deaths, the exotic locations they visited, the aborigines, the landscapes or the strange creatures or plants that inhabited them. The presence of artists would increase in these types of exploration companies, sent by Spain, in order to recognise the natural resources and the imperial control of their territories. We take … Show more

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