Contested Territory

Contested Territory explores the ways in which Peru's early colonial landscapes were experienced and portrayed, especially by the Spanish conquerors but also by their conquered subjects. It focuses on the role played by indigenous groups in shaping the Spanish experiences of landscapes, the diverse geographical images of Peru and ways in which these were constructed and contested, and what this can tell us about the nature of colonial relations in post-conquest Peru. Book jacket.

Heidi V. Scott is lecturer in Human Geography at the Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University.