El misionero aragonés Pedro Cubero Sebastián en Polonia: un relato del viaje realizado en 1674
The Aragonese Missionary Pedro Cubero Sebastián in Poland: an Account of the Journey Undertaken in 1674

Summary/Abstract: The present article analyzes the chapters XVII and XVIII of the Breve relación de la peregrinación que ha hecho de la mayor parte del mundo don Pedro Cubero Sebastián, concerning the Aragonese missionary's visit to Poland, in the light of the travel narrative theory. Taking into consideration the fundamental characteristics of the genre we focus on the documentary value of the book, as well as on the organization of its discourse. Paying attention to the geographic coordinates and descriptions of the places visited by the traveler, we present the detailed map of his route. We also concentrate on the country’s and its inhabitants’ image, that spreads throughout the book, in order to compare it with testimonies of the epoch and historical documents concerning the political situation in the Kingdom of Poland in the second half of the seventeenth century. Additionally, we note the nuclei around which the author organizes the narrative material and clarify the role of these episodes in his relation.

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