Between Orellana and Acuña: a lost century in the history of the North-West Amazon. NEWSON, L. Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Etudes Andines, 25(2):203–231, 1996. ![Between Orellana and Acuña: a lost century in the history of the North-West Amazon [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper abstract bibtex This study reviews the history of the Napo Valley between 1580 and 1636. Between these dates major changes occurred in the character, size and distribution of native groups. It has generally been assumed that Spanish contacts in this region were limited, but documentary evidence from the Archivo General de Indias in Seville and from the Jesuit archive in Rome indicates that between 1580 to 1636 several expeditions were mounted into Coca, Aguarico, and Napo valleys, and some may even have penetrated the Amazon. The most notable were the expeditions commissioned by Alonso de Miranda between 1618 and 1622. The documentary evidence provides new information on native groups in the Napo Valley, especially the Omagua, and also shows that as late as the early seventeenth century substantial populations still inhabited the headwaters of the Upper Amazon. However, they suffered a marked decline as a result of the expeditions and slave raids conducted between 1618 and 1622.
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