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16th-century Spanish historians

  • Pedro MexíaPedro Mexía entered the world between the 17th of January and the 6th of September 1497 in Seville. He spent most of his life within that city walls before…
  • Bartolomé de las CasasBartolomé de las Casas was born in Seville on the 11th of November 1484. For centuries, scholars believed he arrived a decade earlier than that date.
  • Inca Garcilaso de la VegaGómez Suárez de Figueroa arrived in the world on the 12th of April 1539 within the city of Cuzco. His mother was Palla Chimpu Ocllo, a princess descended…