In this seminar, we will read the chronicles of the Pizarro-Orellana, Ursúa-Aguirre, and Teixeira expeditions. We will also dive into the reports and letters of missionaries who left testimonies related to the Jesuit Provinces of Peru (1568), the New Kingdom of Granada (1611, 1696), and Quito (1696). We will oscillate between texts, drawings and other mediums of representation as we speculate about the spatialities of the past through the window of early colonial documents. Because writings that offer the viewpoint of Amazonians are extremely rare, almost non-existent for this period, we will engage -as proxies- the books of first generation mestizo intellectuals such as Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala and Diego de Valadés. We will also read the English translation of legal documents that were written (using the alphabet) in Maya, Nahuatl, Quechua, Aymara and other American languages by elite members of First Nations. This will allow us to gain insight into how this tumultuous chapter of the history of humanity was experienced by the original peoples and nations of the Americas. Ultimately, the objective of this seminar is to learn from the urban agroecologies of the deep past as we renew our imaginaries of more sustainable and just forms of urbanism today.