Indigenous Landscape Transformations in Colonial Times

When Columbus arrived to the New World in 1492, the Spaniards initiated a process of familiarization to the land and of contestation of it against the indigenous populations....1492年哥伦布抵达新大陆后，西班牙殖民者随即开启了两大进程：一是对这片土地的适应与熟悉过程，二是与当地原住民群体就该土地进行对抗与争夺的过程。