(Universidad de Cuenca, 2015-12) Encalada Vásquez, Oswaldo
The second part of The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote appears in 1615 - 400 years ago; the first had
appeared a decade earlier. In this masterful novel, the best of many ever written, and which is also the
beginning of the modern novel, we find very few cases of references to the American continent, place
where Cervantes wanted to migrate with the intention - like all Spaniards of his time - to better the wealth.
Cervantes did not come to America; but the new world is present in his monumental work, through
brief allusions. In homage to the fourth centenary of the famous novel, we outline this brief approach to
the American presence in the Cervantino story.
