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El Carnero - Conquista y descubrimiento del Nuevo Reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del mar océano, y fundación de la ciudad de Santafé de Bogotá
El Carnero (English:The Sheep) is the colloquial name of aSpanish language colonial chronicle whose title wasConquista y descubrimiento del Nuevo Reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del mar océano, y fundacion de la ciudad de Santafé de Bogotá, ... [also known asEl Carnero de Bogotá] (English: Conquest and discovery of the New Kingdom of Granada of the West Indies sea, and foundation of the city of Holy Faith of Bogota). It is a chronicle of history and customs written in 1636-1638 (but not published until 1859) by Bogota-bornJuan Rodríguez Freyle.[note 1]
El Carnero tells the story of theSpanish conquest of the Muisca; the early exploration of northern South America and the establishment of theNew Kingdom of Granada, currently Colombia and parts ofVenezuela, and the foundation and first century of the city ofBogotá. Bogotá was the first city of the kingdom to have an established royal audience and a chancellery. It also describes the indigenous peoples that inhabited the region during the conquest, the civil wars between them, and their customs and culture. It details the origin of the myth ofEl Dorado, the "Lost City of Gold", depicted in theMuisca raft; the initiation ritual of thezipa of theMuisca Confederation.[1]
The chronicle is intended to be historical, but includes also several fictional elements through short stories. It is generally stated that these short stories are of great importance in the Hispano-American literature movement.[2]El Carnero is regarded as the most important source for the historical events in the early colonial times of what later would become Colombia; theSpanish conquest of the Muisca andother Colombian conquests.[3] Researcher Carlos Rey Pereira published his PhD in 2000 about the work, where he assessed the validity of the events described as a mixture of common opinions and rumours.[4] Rodríguez Freyle filled the gaps between two otherearly Spanish chroniclers:Pedro Simón andJuan de Castellanos.[5] Other critical reviews of the book mention the viewpoint of the writer; child of anencomendero and conquistador.[3][6][7]
