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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ... Peru, in 1624. He belonged to one of the noblest families in Spain, and had immense possessions, which he employed in works of charity. His religious zeal led him to the West Indies, where be became a Jesuit and lived seventeen years. He afterward went to Lima, Peru, where he spent the three vears preceding his death. His works are "Conciones de Christi testamento" (Lyons. 1617); "De Festis Domini" (Paris, 1624); " Super omnes Beatae Virginis festivitates " (1624); and "Dc la Concepcion de Nuestra Sefiora" (Oviedo, 1622). ESCOBAR, Maria de (es-co-bar), Spanish colonist, b. in Truxillo about the end of the 15th or the beginning of the 16th century; d. in Cuzco, Peru, about 1560. She was the wifo of Diego de Chaves, one of the companions of Pizarro, and one of the few officers who had the courage to protest against the execution of Atahualpa in 1533. Maria followed her husband to Peru, shared the fatigues and dangers of the Spaniards, and introduced the cultivation of wheat and barley into the conquered country. The first experiment was tried on a small scale near Cuzco with a few grains brought by her from Spain, and in a few years there was sufficient grain to furnish seed for all the colonists of the different provinces. Maria taught the Indians personally how to cultivate the gram, and after the death of her husband in Lima, about 1540, Pizarro granted her a fine piece of land near Lima, together with the Indians upon it. The grateful colonists resolved to clear the land and cultivate it for her during ten years, but it seems that they soon forgot their promise, as Maria is said to have died very poor in Cuzco. ESCOBAR, Pedro Suarez de, Spanish theologian, b. in Medellin, Spain; d. in Tlavacapan, Mexico, in 1591. H...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781231017784
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 846
  • Spine Width: 43 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1231017783
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1479 gr


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