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José de Acosta

Born

Medina del Campo, Spain

Website

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_Acosta

Genre

Anthropology, Ethnography, Natural History

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José de Acosta was a sixteenth-century Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist in Latin America.

Aside from his publication of the proceedings of the provincial councils of 1567 and 1583, and several works of exclusively theological import, Acosta is best known as the writer of De Natura Novi Orbis, De promulgatione Evangelii apud Barbaros, sive De Procuranda Indorum salute and above all, the Historia natural y moral de las Indias . The latter was published at Seville in 1590, and was soon after its publication translated into various languages. It established the reputation of Acosta, as this was one of the very first detailed and realistic descriptions of the New World. In a form more concise than that employed by his predecessors, Fra ...more

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	Natural and Moral History of the Indies by José de Acosta, Jane E. Mangan (Editor), Frances M. López-Morillas (Translation) 3.67 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1590 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peregrinación de Bartolomé Lorenzo 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1586 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Natural and Moral History of the Indies (Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series) (Volume 1) by José de Acosta, Clements Robert Markham (Editor), Edward Grimston (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Natural & Moral History of the Indies: Volume 2 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Predicación del Evangelio en las Indias 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Escritos menores liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Natural and Moral History of the Indies 2 Volume Paperback Set (Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series) by José de Acosta, Clements Robert Markham (Editor), Edward Grimston (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doctrina christiana, y catecismo para instruccion de los indios, y de las de mas personas, que han de ser enseñadas en nuestra sancta fé 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars