About this book
Derroteros y viages à la Ciudad Encantada, ó de los Césares by Pedro de Angelis invites listeners into the gripping pursuit of a legendary city said to lie in the Cordillera south of Valdivia. This historical travel narrative and essay chronicles the fevered explorations, speculative maps, and colonial fantasies that surrounded the myth of the Ciudad de los Césares during the age of conquest.
Angelís stitches together eyewitness reports, expedition routes (derroteros), and a reflective preliminary discourse to illuminate how imagination, greed, and the lure of Inca riches drove adventurers into the Andes. The book situates the legend within the broader context of 16th–19th century colonial ambitions, contrasting European scarcity and Spanish desire for gold with the harsh realities of mountain travel and cultural encounter. Themes of myth versus empirical inquiry, the ethics of conquest, and the making of historical rumor emerge without sensationalism.
Ideal for listeners who love historical nonfiction, travel literature, and Latin American history, this audiobook offers a thoughtful, readable account of one of South America’s most enduring legends. Tune in to explore how rumor became cartography and how a phantom city shaped real journeys across the Andes.
