CHRISTOVAL DE See also:

• CHRISTOVAL DE ACUNA (1597-c. 1676)

ACUNA (1597-c. 1676)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish missionary and explorer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BURGOS

Burgos in 1597 . He was admitted a Jesuit in 1612, and afterwards sent on See also:

• MISSION

mission See also:

• WORK

work to See also:

• CHILE, or CHILI (derived, it is said, from the Quichua chin , cold, or tchili, snow)

Chile and See also:

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

Peru, where he became See also:

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

rector of the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of See also:

• CUENCA

Cuenca . In 1639 he accompanied Pedro Texiera in his second exploration of the See also:

• AMAZON

Amazon, in 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 to take scientific observations, and draw up a See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report for the Spanish See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . The See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey lasted ten months; and on the explorer's arrival in Peru, See also:

• ACUNA, CHRISTOVAL DE (1597-c. 1676)

Acuna pre-pared his narrative, while awaiting a See also:

• SHIP

ship for See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . The See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip IV., received the author coldly, and it is said even tried to suppress his See also:

• BOOK

book, fearing that the Portuguese, who had just revolted from Spain (164o), would profit by its See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information . After occupying the positions of See also:

• PROCURATOR (Lat. procurare, to take care of)

procurator of the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome and See also:

• CENSOR (from Lat. censere, assess, estimate; in Gr. rt s ris)

censor (calificador) of the See also:

• INQUISITION, THE (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry)

Inquisition at See also:

• MADRID

Madrid, Acuna returned to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America, where he died, probably soon after 1675 . His Nuevo Descubrimiento del Gran Rio de See also:

• LAS

las See also:

• AMAZONAS

Amazonas was published at Madrid in 1641; See also:

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

French and See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations (the latter from the French, appeared in 1682 and 1698 .