ABSTRACT This article examines how royal administrators sought to reform colonial education in Santafé de Bogotá in order to develop and improve the study of their natural surroundings during the final decades of the eighteenth century. Starting with educational reform and continuing with the creation of the Royal Botanical Expedition, these reformers rediscovered their surroundings empirically. The article will describe how the editorials and articles produced during these three decades (c. 1770–1800) and published in the local press of Santafé de Bogotá generated a network of readers and contributors that advocated for educational and scientific reform. I examine articles published in the local press related to their findings in geography and botany among others, in order to analyze perceptions of the native homeland. It will also illustrate how their contributions encouraged a narrative of future “prosperity” and “happiness of the realm.” Despite their dedication, these scientists would seldom receive the support of the Court in Madrid, increasing a deep sense of frustration that would reinforce many of the claims related to their abandoned motherland employed in speeches and articles used to promote the Independence process.

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18 世纪后期圣塔菲波哥大的教育、改革和开明转型

摘要 本文探讨了皇家行政人员如何在 18 世纪最后几十年寻求改革圣菲波哥大的殖民教育，以发展和改进对自然环境的研究。从教育改革开始，并继续创建皇家植物探险队，这些改革者凭经验重新发现了他们周围的环境。这篇文章将描述在这三个十年（约 1770-1800 年）制作并在圣菲德波哥大当地出版社出版的社论和文章如何形成一个倡导教育和科学改革的读者和撰稿人网络。我查看了在当地媒体上发表的与他们在地理和植物学等方面的发现相关的文章，以分析对本土家园的看法。它还将说明他们的贡献如何鼓励对未来“繁荣”和“王国的幸福”的叙述。尽管他们尽心尽力，但这些科学家很少得到马德里法院的支持，增加了一种深深的挫败感，这将强化许多与他们被遗弃的祖国有关的主张，这些主张被用于促进独立进程的演讲和文章中。