Gatico (Sansay) southern boundary in the Government of Peru with the Kingdom of Chile in the desert of Atacama . Information of the viceroy Francisco de Tole do (1573)
Authors
Eduardo Téllez L.
Docente e investigador del Centro de Estudios Históricos, Universidad Bernardo O·Higgins
Osvaldo Silva G.
Profesor Titular, Universidad de Chile
It is published and discussed a detailed description (1573) on marginal provinces of government of Peru, supported by Viceroy Francisco de Toledo, before the Spanish court. The document provides precise information about the border between the kingdoms of Chile and Peru, which places in grade 22 and a half, explicitly up to Sansay, close to the port town of Cobija, coastal of the Atacama Desert. The article postulates that Sansay correspond to the modern port of Gatico, located south of Tocopilla.
Keywords:
Sansay, Gatico, Cobija, Perú, Chile, Atacama, Francisco de Toledo, Pedro de Valdivia
Téllez L., E., & Silva G., O. (2016). Gatico (Sansay) southern boundary in the Government of Peru with the Kingdom of Chile in the desert of Atacama . Information of the viceroy Francisco de Tole do (1573). Cuadernos De Historia, (45), pp. 163–175. Retrieved from https://revistas.uchile.cl/index.php/CDH/article/view/44703
