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The Emptied Amazon · claim AMZ-C085 · Observation rung · The 1542 account

Oviedo's endorsement of Carvajal's credibility, as quoted by Medina, rests also on what his authority and person deserve, as affirmed by those who had dealt with him.

Not featured in the current editionAI-extractedorigin: split of AMZ-C072 (report 2026-09-17-report-pre-columbian-amazon-134558; re-submitted from proposals/2026-09-17-draft-pre-columbian-amazon-135349 (was AMZ-C040; blocked 2026-09-17: the Internet Archive did not serve the OCR text of SRC-CARVAJAL-1542 during this run and retrieval read the item page instead, which is a viewer, not the text: )) — the second ground of Oviedo's endorsement, made its own claim by the operator answering the GPT-5.6 Sol seat's objection on #353 (panel-v3, judged at 86a8709)

source anchor

Medina 1894, Introducción, p. xiii (archive.org djvu full text)

“ques mucho segund afírman los que le han tractado”

Evidence

Supports· moderateAMZ-E114

Oviedo's endorsement of Carvajal rests on others' testimony to his character — part 2

what the source states
Medina quotes Oviedo (Historia general, t. IV, p. 574): beyond the wounds, Oviedo would believe the friar on the strength of what his authority and person deserve, "ques mucho segund afírman los que le han tractado".
what we infer
Credibility evidence at second hand: Oviedo vouches for the man on the basis of injuries and reputation reported by others, not personal acquaintance or independent knowledge of the river. It should stay separate from diagnosticity for AMZ-C017.
limitations
  • Oviedo quoted via Medina; the Oviedo volume is blocked in this ledger.

an honest empty state

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