JOSE DE See also:

• JOSE DE ACOSTA (1 J39?-1600)
• ACOSTA, URIEL (d. 1647)

ACOSTA (1 J39?-1600)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MEDINA
• MEDINA, JOSE TORIBIO (1852- )

Medina del Campo about the See also:

• YEAR

year 1539 . He joined the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits in 1551, and in 1571 was sent as a missionary to See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru; he acted as provincial of his See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order from 1576 to 1581, was appointed theological adviser to the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

• LIMA

Lima in 1582, and in 1583 published a See also:

• CATECHISM (from Gr. Karnxeiv, teach by word of mouth)

catechism in See also:

• QUICHUA

Quichua and See also:

• AYMARA (anc. Cella)

Aymara—the first See also:

• BOOK

book printed in Peru . Returning to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in 1587, and placing him-self at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the opposition to Acquaviva, See also:

• ACOSTA, JOSE DE (1 J39?-1600)
• ACOSTA, URIEL (d. 1647)

Acosta was imprisoned in 1592—1593; on his submission in 1594 he became See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior of the Jesuits at See also:

• VALLADOLID

Valladolid, and in 1598 See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of the Jesuit See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college at See also:

• SALAMANCA
• SALAMANCA (anc. Salmantica or Elmantica)

Salamanca, where he died on the 15th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1600 . His See also:

• TREATISE

treatise De natura novi orbis libri duo (Salamanca, 1588-1589) may be regarded as the preliminary draft of his celebrated Historia natural y moral de See also:

• LAS

las Indias (See also:

• SEVILLE
• SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

Seville, 159o) which was speedily translated into See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian (1596), See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French (1597), Dutch (1598), See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German (16os), Latin (16o2) and See also:

• ENGLISH

English (1604) . The Historia is in three sections: books I. and II. See also:

• DEAL

deal with generalities; books III. and IV. with the See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography and natural See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico and Peru; books V., VI. and VII. with the religious and See also:

• POLITICAL

political institutions of the See also:

• ABORIGINES

aborigines . Apart from his sophistical See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of Spanish colonial policy, Acosta deserves high praise as an acute and diligent observer whose numerous new and valuable data are set forth in a vividstyle . Among his other publications are De procuranda salute Indorum libri See also:

• SEX (Lat. sexes; possibly connected with secure, to cut)

sex (Salamanca, 1588), De Christe revelato libri novem (See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, 1590), De temporibus novissimis libri quatuor (Rome, 1590), and three volumes of sermons issued respectively in 1596, 1597 and 1599 .