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IDENTIFICACIÓN DEL LAGO “COLUGUAPE” EN LA CARTOGRAFÍA HISTÓRICA (1775-1898): SU VINCULACIÓN CON EL LAGO BUENOS AIRES-GENERAL CARRERA Y EL SISTEMA LACUSTRE MUSTERS- COLHUE HUAPI / IDENTIFICATION OF THE “COLUGUAPE” LAKE IN HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY (1775-1898): ITS CONNECTION TO THE BUENOS AIRES-GENERAL CARRERA LAKE AND MUSTERS- COLHUÉ HUAPI LAKE SYSTEM

2017; University of Magallanes; Volume: 45; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

0718-2244

Walter Melo, Facundo Scordo, Gerardo M. E. Perillo, María Cintia Piccolo,

Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies

El lago Buenos Aires-General Carrera es el mas extenso de la Patagonia Argentino-Chilena, mientras que los lagos Musters y Colhue Huapi pertenecen al sistema lacustre de mayor desarrollo de la Patagonia extrandina argentina. A pesar de sus dimensiones y sus respectivas ubicaciones, la cartografia historica de estos lagos fue imprecisa hasta los ultimos anos del siglo XIX. Se observa en la cartografia de las ultimas decadas del siglo XVIII la presencia de un lago el cual es denominado en varias ocasiones como “Coluguape” y otras como Chelenko. Esto genero diversas hipotesis, dudas y confusiones sobre si el lago identificado habria sido el Buenos Aires-General Carrera, el Musters-Colhue Huapi o Cochrane-Pueyrredon. De esta investigacion se derivan las siguientes interpretaciones: El lago cartografiado hasta 1829 como Chelenko seria actualmente el eje de lagos Cochrane-Pueyrredon-Posadas o bien que el lago cartografiado como “Coluguape” tambien podria ser para algunos cartografos el actual eje de lagos Cochrane-Pueyrredon-Posadas. No obstante, del analisis realizado surge que la denominacion de Chelenko y “Coluguape” se referirian el mismo lago y que se trataria del actual lago Buenos Aires-General Carrera. La confusion con el actual lago Colhue Huapi se genera porque F. P. Moreno creyo haber arribado al lago conocido como “Coluguape” y uso el nombre del lago conocido actualmente como Colhue Huapi. Sin embargo, los exploradores llegarianal lago “Coluguape” (actual lago Buenos Aires) por primera vez cinco anos despues de la expedicion. Las diferencias en la cartografia de estos lagos pueden derivar de las fuentes de informacion provista principalmente por pueblos originarios a los diferentes exploradores que investigaban la zona. Abstract The Buenos Aires - General Carrera Lake is the largest of Argentine-Chilean Patagonia, while Colhue Huapi and Musters lakes belong to the largest extra-Andean lake system of Patagonia, Argentina. Despite their dimensions and their locations, historical mapping of these lakes was vague until the late nineteenth century. In the cartography of the last decades of the eighteenth century the presence of a lake, which is repeatedly called Coluguape, has been observed. This generated several hypotheses, doubts and confusions over which lake was actually identified by the cartographers and whether it belonged to the Buenos Aires-General Carrera Lake, Musters - Colhue Huapi lakes or Cochrane - Pueyrredon lakes. Cartographic differences may be due to misleading information provided by the native people to protect their communication lines. The following interpretations are derived from this investigation: The Chelenko lake mapped until 1829 would now be identified as the lakes Cochrane-Pueyrredon-Posadas. Perhaps, on the other hand, the lake mapped as Coluguape could also have been, for some cartographers, the lakes currently named Cochrane- Pueyrredon-Posadas. However, the analysis shows that the names Chelenko and Coluguape might refer to the same lake, currently named Buenos Aires-General Carrera. The confusion with the present lake Colhue Huapi was generated because F.P. Moreno believed to have arrived at the lake known as Coluguape and used the name for the lake still known as Colhue Huapi. Nevertheless, the explorers would arrive at the lake Coluguape (currently named lake Buenos Aires) for the first time five years after the expedition. Cartographic differences of these lakes may also be due to misleading information given by the native people to the different explorers.