Descripción:
"his article explores the rol assumed by geographicaldiscourses in the cultural fashioning and constructionof territory, nature and colombian population towardsmid nineteenth century. Moreover, the conditions andreasons that made geographical knowledge animportant tool for ruling and domination are exposed.It explores how the nation is fashioned throughdescriptions and interpretations of territory andnature that appeared in geographical texts publishedat the time. Finally, the article traces links betweenthe representations of the territory and theconceptions about the population and the citizensof nation, held by the elites during mid nineteenthcentury"