Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora Collection 1686-1704

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Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora Collection 1686-1704

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utlac/00057/00057-P.html

Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin

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SNAC Resource ID: 6645812

Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin

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Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de, 1645-1700

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Poet, author, mathematician, historian, geographer. Born 1645 and died 1700 in Mexico City. Entered Society of Jesus 1660, took vows 1662, and left the order in 1667 or 1669. In 1672 became catedrático of astrology and mathematics at the University of Mexico. Ordained as priest in 1673. Chaplain of the Hospital del Amor de Dios from 1682 until his death. Wrote description of June 8, 1692, riot in protest of corn prices, during which he saved government archives from burning. As royal geographer...

Arriola, Andrés de.

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Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547

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Conquistador and explorer. From the description of Hernán Cortés correspondence, circa 1542. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980322 Hernán Cortés led the Spanish invasion of Mexico in 1519 and the conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521. He was governor of New Spain between 1522 and 1527 before returning to Spain and being named the Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca. Cortés returned to Mexico between 1530 and 1541 where he explored the northwestern part of Mexico and its Pacif...

Pez, Andrés de, 1653-1723

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