Keywords
First Republic
Francisco José de Caldas
public opinion
sovereignty
nation
country
territory
military geography Keywords plus
Colombia-Military History (1813-1815)
historical geography
military engineering
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Abstract
During the Nueva Granada interregnum, Francisco José de Caldas played an important role in ensuring the legitimacyof the new political order in the Province of Antioquia through the formal use and teaching of mapping appliedto military strategy. In the Gazeta Ministerial de la República de Antioquia Journal the proposal of the Enlightenmentleaders about the professionalization of the army was published and later established by the creation of the MilitaryEngineers Academy. Processes led by Caldas such as the fortification of the southern border, the achievements ofthe Artillery Armory and activities of the Academy, had a significant influence on the press, posing serious challengesto the General Government of the United Provinces while promoting a military solution, rather than a juridical one, asan alternative to defend the cause of Independence.Apuntes is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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