Nuevos conceptos de espacio: itinerario, mapas y el mundo cartesiano

The abstraction of space played a key role in the European occupation of the Americas, becoming foundational to modernity and coloniality.Examining philosophical, cartographic, and architectural transformations from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries, Lara reveals how spatial abstraction reduced diverse realities to measurable surfaces, paving the way for the Cartesian notion of space.Connecting this to the development of Modernity-such as Descartes' Cogito Ergo Sum-the study highlights abstract space's role in shaping and controlling an entire continent.New Concepts of Space: