This article discusses the historical significance of a leaflet printed around 1713 by the Society of Jesus to promote the mission of Mojos, located in the northeast of present-day Bolivia. Although historians generally refer to this document as «the map of the Mojos mission», this study argues that the 1713 pamphlet is much more than a map, and can be understood as the equivalent of a typical Jesuit missionary chronicle. This is of great relevance, since the Society of Jesus always marked the consolidation of its numerous missions in the Americas with the publication of a magnum opus to publicize its evangelical efforts. In the case of Mojos, although a chronicle of the mission would never be published, the pamphlet of 1713 fulfils this function, since it is both structured in the same way as the typical Jesuit missionary chronicle, whose model had been established by José de Acosta ...

Through an analysis of concepts such as liberality, magnificence, distributivejustice, gratitude and “beneméritos de Indias,” this article aims to examine theideological foundations of the culture of favor and reward which permeated all levels of colonial society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. At the same time, this culture of favor and reward formed the basis for the relationships of patronage established by the Crown to provide cohesion to the Spanish empire. The Crown attempted to reproduce in Mexico and Peru the patronage system through the figure of the viceroy. However, the viceroys enjoyed sufficient autonomy to allow them to utilize the system on their own behalf, something which would be the source of great troubles for the Crown.

This article discusses the historical significance of a leaflet printed around 1713 by the Society of Jesus to promote the mission of Mojos, located in the northeast of present-day Bolivia. Although historians generally refer to this document as «the map of the Mojos mission», this study argues that the 1713 pamphlet is much more than a map, and can be understood as the equivalent of a typical Jesuit missionary chronicle. This is of great relevance, since the Society of Jesus always marked the consolidation of its numerous missions in the Americas with the publication of a magnum opus to publicize its evangelical efforts. In the case of Mojos, although a chronicle of the mission would never be published, the pamphlet of 1713 fulfils this function, since it is both structured in the same way as the typical Jesuit missionary chronicle, whose model had been established by José de Acosta ...

Through an analysis of concepts such as liberality, magnificence, distributivejustice, gratitude and “beneméritos de Indias,” this article aims to examine theideological foundations of the culture of favor and reward which permeated all levels of colonial society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. At the same time, this culture of favor and reward formed the basis for the relationships of patronage established by the Crown to provide cohesion to the Spanish empire. The Crown attempted to reproduce in Mexico and Peru the patronage system through the figure of the viceroy. However, the viceroys enjoyed sufficient autonomy to allow them to utilize the system on their own behalf, something which would be the source of great troubles for the Crown.

This article discusses the historical significance of a leaflet printed around 1713 by the Society of Jesus to promote the mission of Mojos, located in the northeast of present-day Bolivia. Although historians generally refer to this document as «the map of the Mojos mission», this study argues that the 1713 pamphlet is much more than a map, and can be understood as the equivalent of a typical Jesuit missionary chronicle. This is of great relevance, since the Society of Jesus always marked the consolidation of its numerous missions in the Americas with the publication of a magnum opus to publicize its evangelical efforts. In the case of Mojos, although a chronicle of the mission would never be published, the pamphlet of 1713 fulfils this function, since it is both structured in the same way as the typical Jesuit missionary chronicle, whose model had been established by José de Acosta ...

Through an analysis of concepts such as liberality, magnificence, distributivejustice, gratitude and “beneméritos de Indias,” this article aims to examine theideological foundations of the culture of favor and reward which permeated all levels of colonial society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. At the same time, this culture of favor and reward formed the basis for the relationships of patronage established by the Crown to provide cohesion to the Spanish empire. The Crown attempted to reproduce in Mexico and Peru the patronage system through the figure of the viceroy. However, the viceroys enjoyed sufficient autonomy to allow them to utilize the system on their own behalf, something which would be the source of great troubles for the Crown.