Travelling Registry of the Conquistadors or “Becerro Book”
Documentary heritage submitted for inclusion in the Memory of the World Register in 2012.
© Archivo General de la Nación del Perú
Alonso Hernández, natural de Sevilla, recibe de Francisco Gonzáles 2650 pesos de buen oro para enviarlos a Sevilla. (Cajamarca, 24 de julio de 1533) Folio 3.
The Travelling Registry of the Conquistadors (1533-1538) is the first written testimony of the
process of “westernization” of Latin America, or the spread and implementation of European socio-economic, political and cultural institutions. It offers a valuable insight into the concrete actions carried out by individual characters and complements the early chronicles in which anonymous characters predominate. It is a unique source for the study of the early years of the encounter between two cultures as the document was written during the Conquistadors’ journey across the different territories that they settled.
- Year of submission: 2012
- Country: Peru