On the Republican Route of O'Higgins and San Martin: the configuration of Valparaíso as a geo-historical space in the first half of the 19th century

Abstract

We will study the historical process of the configuration of Valparaíso as an important port in the South Pacific, observing how in its different stages a political and economic space is stratified which, conditioned by the regions of the interior valleys, will later be transformed into a space of connection with the South Pacific World and the Atlantic World in accordance with the changes that took place at the beginning of the 19th century. In this journey, it will meet with O'Higgins and San Martin’s route and will experience an involvement committed to the republican destiny of the entire South Pacific during the first part of the 19th century.