Cervantes and Venice: a note to The licenciate Vidriera on Indian chronicles

The cervantine encomium of Venice in The licenciate Vidriera is a small corography that includes a comparison with Mexico, according to a similarity forged in a chain of Indian chronicles. So, this passage constitutes a good example of Cervantes' interest of America and its historiographical tradition, while it allows to explain the offered image of the city in contrast of other negative contemporary opinions.