Una genealogía de los planos históricos del Fuerte San José. Península Valdés, Chubut, Siglo XVIII

Abstract

Fuerte San José was founded in the late 18th century in Península Valdés (Chubut, Argentina) as part of the Spanish colonization of the Patagonian coast. In this paper we discuss the traditional interpretation of historical maps assigned to this settlement. We mainly worked on the evaluation, integration and comparison of various historical sources —written documents and maps— and the archaeological record, considering the history and architectural organization of the fort. These results are relevant not only in regard to the local history of Península Valdes, its patrimonial value and the image of the Fort that has endured to this day; but also as a reminder of the biases resulting of the conformation of historical archives.