THE THE EUROPEANS' VIEW OF THE MACHIFAROS-AISUARS PROVINCE DESCRIBED IN THE TRAVEL CHRONICLES OF THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES

Abstract

This research sought to understand the views of Europeans on the province of Machiparo-Aisuari described in travel chronicles from the 16th and 17th centuries. The objective of the work was to identify the characteristics highlighted in the chronicles about this group through a documentary and bibliographic analysis, which were selected over a period of six years. The state of the art of this study includes the chronicles of Diogo Nunes, Gaspar de Carvajal, Cristóbal de Acuña and Antônio Porro, which were digitized to form the fundamental theoretical basis for the analysis of the views of Europeans on the peoples who inhabited the middle Solimões before colonization.