General Archive of the Nation (Colombia)
Archivo General de la Nación | |
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Parent agency | Ministry of Culture |
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The General Archive of the Nation (
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The archive contains historical documents that date from 1541 to 1991. These documents include constitutional policies, notarized documents, judicial documents from colonial times, letters from famous historical figures such as Simón Bolívar, and historical maps of the New Kingdom of Granada. The collections has documents from all periods of the history of the Americas, from the conquest to the present day. In addition to material from Colombia, the archive has documents from the territories that formed the New Kingdom of Granada as well as from the later countries of Gran Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, and Ecuador. There are also documents from Central America, Peru, and Chile. A collection of documents titled "Negros y Esclavos" (Blacks and Slaves) was featured by UNESCO as part of its Memory of the World Programme.[4]
See also
References
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- OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original(PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- OCLC 500057889. Archived from the original(PDF) on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- ^ "Negros y Esclavos Archives | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-05-25.