El mundo clásico en Agustín Millares Torres: La «Introducción» a su Historia General de las Islas Canarias

Abstract

"The Classical World has not gone unnoticed to Canarian historiography. Throughout the different periods, historians have shown their concern about the mythical past associated to these islands, rendering their own interpretations of such stories with unequal success. In the nineteenth century a considerable number of Canarian scholars joined that intellectual tradition. Among these, Agustín Millares Torres and Gregorio Chil y Naranjo are acknowledged as representing prototypical liberal bourgeois historiography. Taking this into account, this work aims to highlight and analyse the references to the Classical world in Millares Torres’ «Introduction » to Historia general de las Islas Canarias."