Navigating the Spanish-Chamorro Transoceanic Encounter: Authorship and Collaborative Work in the Boxer Codex

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18192/rceh.v48i3.7145

Palabras clave:

Códice Boxer, manuscritos coloniales, encuentros transoceánicos, trabajo colaborativo, interacción cultural oriental y occidental

Resumen

Este trabajo se propone ampliar la concepción del Códice Boxer mediante el análisis del autor y del artista que representaron el encuentro transoceánico entre los españoles y el pueblo chamorro, escenificado en la imagen inicial del manuscrito y descrito en la primera narración que lo acompaña. Aunque el manuscrito es anónimo, las narraciones analizadas ofrecen información clave sobre el intercambio de conocimientos y la mediación cultural entre los diversos grupos étnicos implicados en su redacción. El análisis no solo descubre pistas sutiles sobre el autor, sino que también destaca la participación colaborativa del artista y la influencia de los intermediarios culturales en su elaboración.

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2026-03-15

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