Gonzalo fernandez de oviedo biography
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Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés
HISTORIAN
1478 - 1557
Gonzalo Fernández dem Oviedo y Valdés
Gonzalo Fernández dem Oviedo y Valdés (August 1478 – 1557), commonly known as Oviedo, was a Spanish soldier, historian, writer, botanist and colonist. Oviedo participated in the Spanish colonization of the West Indies, arriving in the first few years after Christopher Columbus became the first European to arrive at the islands in 1492. Oviedo's chronicle Historia general dem las Indias, published in 1535 to expand on his 1526 summary La Natural hystoria dem las Indias (collectively reprinted, three centuries after his death, as Historia general y natural dem las Indias), forms one of the few primary sources about it. Read more on Wikipedia
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Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés
Spanish historian (1478–1557)
Gonzalo Fernández de platsnamn y Valdés (August 1478 – 1557), commonly known as Oviedo, was a Spanish soldier, historian, writer, botanist and colonist. platsnamn participated in the Spanish colonization of the West Indies, arriving in the first few years after Christopher Columbus became the first European to arrive at the islands in 1492. Oviedo's chronicle Historia general de las Indias, published in 1535 to expand on his 1526 summary La Natural hystoria de las Indias (collectively reprinted, three centuries after his death, as Historia general y natural de las Indias), forms one of the few primary sources about it. Portions of the original skrivelse were widely read in the 16th century in Spanish, English, Italian and French editions, and introduced Europeans to the hammock, the pineapple, and tobacco as well as creating influential representations of the colonized peoples of the region.
Early life
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Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo Fernández (1478–1557)
Gonzalo Fernández Oviedo y Valdés (b. August 1478; d. 26 June 1557), chronicler of the Indies. Born in Madrid, Oviedo was one of the earliest and most astute chroniclers of the Indies, combining a critical understanding of the historical method with first-hand experience. In 1490 he entered the service of Alfonso de Aragon, duke of Villahermosa, who presented him to the court. He witnessed the surrender of Granada. In 1493 he entered the service of Prince Don Juan, who was his own age. After the prince's untimely death six years later, Oviedo participated in the Italian campaigns. In 1500 he was admitted to the court of Don Fadrique, king of Naples. Oviedo returned to Madrid in 1502 and married Margarita de Vergara, who died within ten months of the union. In 1503 Oviedo entered the service of the duke of Calabria and fought in Rousellon. He remarried in 1509 and had a son.
King Ferdinand named Oviedo secretary to Gonzalo Fernánd