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- José de Acosta (born 1539, Medina del Campo, Spain—died February 15, 1600, Salamanca) was a Jesuit theologian and missionary to the New World known chiefly for his Historia natural y moral de las Indias (1590; Natural and Moral History of the Indies), the earliest survey of the New World and its relation to the Old.
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Jose de Acosta, Jesuit theologian and missionary to the New World. He is chiefly known for his survey of the New World, which includes his firsthand accounts of western South America in the late 1500s. His catechism in local Indian languages was the first book printed in Peru.
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Jul 31, 2024 · Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin built on the work of Acosta, a pioneering Spanish Jesuit missionary, scientist and naturalist.
Acosta, José de (1540-1600) Jesuit missionary to Peru. Born in Medina del Campo, Spain, Acosta had completed most of his studies as a Jesuit when he arrived in Lima in 1572. He taught theology in the Jesuit major seminary in Lima and between 1573 and 1574 conducted a study tour of southern Peru and Bolivia.
Mar 2, 2007 · The superior general survived by an act of political expediency of his own: He called for barring anyone from becoming a Jesuit who was not born into a Christian family. Only two Jesuits voted against the measure, one of them was Father Acosta.
José de Acosta ( b. September or October 1540; d. 15 February 1600), Spanish Jesuit historian. Born in Medina del Campo, Acosta joined the Jesuit order while young and went to Peru in 1571. He lived there for fourteen years, and in Mexico City for one, before returning to his native Spain in 1587.
Quick Reference. (1539–1600), Spanish missionary and naturalist, born in Medina del Campo; he joined the Jesuits in 1551. In 1571 he was sent as a missionary to Peru, where he served as ... From: Acosta, José de in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance ».
