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Imágenes y relatos de un viaje por Colombia. “Impresiones de un viaje a América” reúne las memorias del escritor español José María Gutiérrez de Alba, residente en Colombia entre 1870 y 1884. El manuscrito, que hoy conserva la Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, está compuesto por diez grandes volúmenes con un promedio de 400 páginas por tomo, ilustrados con 466 acuarelas, dibujos, fotografías y litografías. El texto es la memoria de viaje por Colombia en el siglo XIX más extensa que se conoce, y sus ilustraciones constituyen la colección pintoresca más voluminosa que hoy tenemos. Con una prosa fácil y límpida, Gutiérrez describe la inmensa variedad de formas de vida, costumbres, atuendos, oficios, monumentos y paisajes notables de los actuales territorios de Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Santander, Norte de Santander, Tolima, Huila Caquetá y la costa Caribe, en la época radical y federalista.

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