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Las Casas, Bartolomé de

(Encyclopedia) Las Casas, Bartolomé deLas Casas, Bartolomé debärtōlōmāˈ dā läs käˈsäs [key], 1474–1566, Spanish missionary and historian, called the apostle of the Indies. He went to Hispaniola with…

New Laws

(Encyclopedia) New Laws: see Las Casas, Bartolomé de.

Núñez Vela, Blasco

(Encyclopedia) Núñez Vela, BlascoNúñez Vela, Blascobläˈskō n&oomacr;ˈnyās vāˈlä [key], d. 1546, first viceroy of Peru (1544–46). Sent to replace Vaca de Castro and to enforce the New Laws of…

Gasca, Pedro de la

(Encyclopedia) Gasca, Pedro de laGasca, Pedro de lapāˈᵺrō ᵺā lä gäsˈkä [key], c.1485–1567?, Spanish colonial administrator. A priest as well as a lawyer, he was selected by Charles V to end the…

The Charges Against Columbus

A controversy of historic proportion The Landing of Columbus by John Vanderlyn (1847)Within the last half century, many historians have come to criticize Columbus's legacy and question whether he…

Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, baron de

(Encyclopedia) Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, baron deCarondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, baron defränthēsˈkō l&oomacr;ēsˈ ĕktôrˈ bärōnˈ dā kärōndālĕtˈ [key], c.1748–1807, governor of…

Brewer's: Apostles, where buried

According to Catholic legend, seven of the Apostles are buried at Rome. These seven are distinguished by a star (*). ANDREW lies buried at Amalfi (Naples). BARTHOLOMEW,* at Rome, in the…

Mendoza, Antonio de

(Encyclopedia) Mendoza, Antonio deMendoza, Antonio deäntōˈnyō dā māndōˈthä [key], 1490?–1552, Spanish administrator, first viceroy of New Spain (1535–50) and viceroy of Peru (1551–52). Of noble…

Las Cases, Emmanuel, comte de

(Encyclopedia) Las Cases, Emmanuel, comte deLas Cases, Emmanuel, comte deĕmänüĕlˈ kôNt də läs käz [key], 1766–1842, French historian. He accompanied Napoleon into exile to St. Helena, where the…