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Also Known As Pietro Martire d’Anghiera • Pedro Mártir de Anghiera
Born February 2, 1457 • Italy
Died October 1526 (aged 69) • Granada • Spain
Subjects Of Study Americas • Spain
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
Prescott, William H
William H. Prescott
American historian
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer
Fernand Braudel
French historian and educator
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Spanish explorer
Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo
Spanish writer and diplomat
Mariana, detail of an engraving
Juan de Mariana
Spanish historian
Oñate, Juan de
Juan de Oñate
Spanish conquistador
Américo Castro
Spanish linguist
Joaquín Acosta
Colombian scientist
Jerónimo de Zurita y Castro
Spanish historian
Juan Díaz de Solís
Spanish explorer
Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón
Spanish explorer
Reinhart Pieter Dozy
Dutch historian
Paul IV
Paul IV
pope
Ambrogio Spinola
Ambrogio di Filippo Spinola, marquis de los Balbases
Spanish military officer
Isabella Farnese
queen of Spain

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