Pisco y toponimia: Impacto de las rutas del aguardiente en el desarrollo de nombres y lugares geográficos en Chile, Perú y Argentina

Abstract

The Appellation of Origin (AO) Pisco (Chilean and Peruvian Brandy) is one of the oldest AO all over the world. Shaped by profound cultural, social, economic and political processes, this AO is a clear proof of the link of Chilean and Peruvian nations. The study subject of this paper lies on set of place names from the cities that compound the Brandy Road, which bound Argentina, Chile and Peru for more than 300 years. The thesis that we propose is that place names from the aforementioned cities reflect an important part of changes that shaped the cultural matrix of those three countries since Colonial Period until today.