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Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (in Italian, Pietro Martire D'anghiera; in Spanish Pedro Mártir De Anghiera, Latin, Petrus Martyr Anglerius or ab Angleria) (February 2, 1457-October 1526) was an Italian-born historian of Spain and of the discoveries of her representatives during the Age of Exploration. He wrote the first accounts of explorations in Central and South America in a series of letters and reports, grouped in the original Latin publications of 1511-1530 into sets of ten chapters called "decades." His Decades are thus of great value in the history of geography and discovery. His De Orbe Novo (published 1530; "On the New World") describes the first contacts of Europeans and native Americans and contains, for example, the first European reference to India rubber. Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events University of Freiburg founded. ... Events January 14 - Treaty of Madrid. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... The so-called Age of Exploration was a period from the early 15th century and continuing into the early 17th century, during which European ships were traveled around the world to search for new trading routes and partners to feed burgeoning capitalism in Europe. ... Map of Central America Central America is a central region of the Americas. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language. ... Events June 25 - Augsburg confession presented to Charles V of Holy Roman Empire. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Aboriginal peoples in Canada, First Nations and Native Americans in the United States (Discuss) A Hupa man, 1923 The term indigenous peoples of the Americas encompasses the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the first European... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of Earth; the term continent here referring to a cultural and political distinction, rather than a physiographic one, thus leading to various perspectives about Europes precise borders. ... Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky emulsion (known as latex) in the sap of a number of plants but can also be produced synthetically. ...

Life

Born at Arona, Italy, near Anghiera, on Lake Maggiore, he went to Rome at the age of twenty, and there made the acquaintance of important figures of the Church. He became acquainted with the Spanish ambassador there, whom he accompanied to Zaragoza in August, 1487. Martyr soon became a notable figure among the Humanists of Spain, and in 1488 gave lectures in Salamanca on the invitation of the university. The new learning was then under high patronage. Martyr would become chaplain to the court of Ferdinand and Isabella. Santa Caterina del Sasso Lake Maggiore (in Italian: Lago Maggiore or lago Verbano; in German: Langensee) is the most westerly of the three large Prealpine lakes of Europe and the second largest after Lake Garda. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) coordinates: 41°54′N 12°29′E Time Zone: UTC+1 Administration Subdivisions 19 municipi Province Rome Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni ( The Union ) Characteristics Area 1,285 km² Population 2,547,677 (2005 estimate) Density 1983... The name Catholic Church can mean a visible organization that refers to itself as Catholic, or the invisible Christian Church, viz. ... Zaragoza (formerly Saragossa in English; Latin Caesaraugusta) is the capital city of the autonomous region and former kingdom of Aragon in Spain, and is located on the river Ebro, and its tributaries the Huerva and Gállego, near the centre of the region, in a great valley with a variety... Events Richard Fox becomes Bishop of Exeter. ... // Events February 3 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, at the tip of Africa becoming the first known European to travel this far south. ... Salamanca: Plaza Mayor Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Salamanca Salamanca (population 157,906 (2003)) is a castilian city in central Spain, the capital of the province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. ... The University of Salamanca (Spanish Universidad de Salamanca), located in the town of Salamanca, west-northwest of Madrid, is the second oldest university in Spain (the first one is the university of Palencia, now disappeared), and one of the oldest in Europe. ... A chaplain is typically a member of the clergy serving a group of people who are not organized as a mission or church; lay chaplains are also found in some settings such as universities. ... The Catholic monarchs (Spanish: Reyes Católicos) is the collective title used in history for Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. ...

After 1492, Martyr's chief task was the education of young nobles at the Spanish court. In 1501 he was sent to Egypt on a diplomatic mission to dissuade the Sultan from taking vengeance on the Christians in Egypt and Palestine for the defeat of the Moors in Spain. The Reconquista had been completed in 1492. Following the success of this mission, he received the title of maestro de los caballeros ("master of knights"). 1492 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1501 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sultan of Egypt was the title used for the leader of a number of Muslim dynasties that ruled over Egypt. ... Palestine (Hebrew: Palestina, also ארץ ישראל, Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel), a Hebrew term for the same area; Arabic: ‎ Filastīn or Falastīn) is one of many historical names for the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the banks of the Jordan River, plus various adjoining lands to the east and... It has been suggested that Moor religion be merged into this article or section. ... The Reconquista (Reconquest) refers to the process for which the Christian Kingdoms of northern Hispania, defeated and conquered the southern Muslim and moorish states of the Iberian Peninsula, existing since the Arab invasion of 711. ... 1492 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1511 he was given the post of chronicler in the newly formed Council of the Indies, which was commissioned by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor to describe what was transpiring in the New World. Charles gave him in 1523 the title of Count Palatine, and in 1524 called him once more into the Council of the Indies. He was invested by Pope Clement VII, on the proposal of Charles V, with the dignity of Abbot of Jamaica. Martyr never visited the island, but as abbot he had built the first stone church. 1511 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Consejo de Indias (Council of the Indies), in full the Real y Supremo Consejo de Indias (Royal and Supreme Council of the Indies) was the most important administrative organ of the Spanish Empire, both in administering the Americas and in the Philippines, combining legislative, executive and judicial functions. ... Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Aragon and Castile. ... Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, c. ... Events April - Battle of Villalar - Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Events March 1, 1524/5 - Giovanni da Verrazano lands near Cape Fear (approx. ... Investiture, from the Latin (preposition in and verb vestire, dress from vestis robe) is a rather general term for the formal installation of an incumbent (heir, elect of nominee) in public office, especially by taking possession of its insignia. ... For the antipope (1378–1394) see antipope Clement VII and other Popes named Clement see Pope Clement. ... A church building (or simply church) is a building used in Christian worship. ...

He died at Granada. Granada (Arabic: غرناطة) is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous region of Andalusia, Spain. ...

Work

As chronicler, Martyr performed notable literary work which has preserved his name to posterity. He collected unidentified documents and accounts from the discoverers themselves, whom he interviewed personally. He profited by the letters of Christopher Columbus and was able also to make use of the reports of the Council of the Indies. He himself had a great grasp of geographical problems: it was he, for example, who first realized the significance of the Gulf Stream. Christopher Columbus (c. ... For the album by Ocean Colour Scene, see North Atlantic Drift (album) The Gulf Stream is orange and yellow in this representation of water temperatures of the Atlantic. ...

The year of his appointment (1511), he published, with other works, the first historical account of the great Spanish discoveries under the title of Opera, Legatio, Babylonica, Oceanidecas, Paemata, Epigrammata (Seville, 1511). The Decas consisted of ten reports, of which two, in the form of letters describing the voyages of Columbus, had been already sent by Martyr to Cardinal Ascanius Sforza in 1493 and 1494. 1511 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1501 Martyr, at the urgent request of the Cardinal of Aragon, had added to these eight chapters on the voyage of Columbus and the exploits of Martin Alonzo Pinzón, and in 1511 he added a supplement giving account of events from 1501 to 1511. Jointly with this Decade, he published a narrative of his experiences in Egypt with a description of the inhabitants, their country, and history. By 1516 he had finished two other Decades, the first of these being devoted to the exploits of Alonso de Ojeda, Diego de Nicuesa, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the other giving an account of the discovery of the Pacific Ocean by Balboa, of the fourth voyage of Columbus, and furthermore of the expeditions of Pedrarias Dávila. 1501 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Martin Alonzo Pinzón ( c. ... // Events March - With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I. July - Selim I of the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mameluks and invades Syria. ... Alonso de Ojeda (Cuenca, Spain, 1466? _ Santo Domingo, Spanish conquistador and explorer in the Americas. ... Diego de Nicuesa was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. ... Vasco Núñez de Balboa Vasco Núñez de Balboa (Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain; 1475 - Acla, Panama; January 15, 1519) was an explorer, governor, and Spanish conquistador, and is known as the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the New World as well as being the first... Pedro Arias de Dávila Pedrarias Dávila (Pedro Arias de Ávila) (Segovia, Castille, c. ...

Three appeared together at Alcalá de Henares in 1516 under the title: De orbe novo decades cum Legatione Babylonica. The Enchiridion de nuper sub D. Carolo repertis insulis (Basle, 1521) came out as the fourth Decade treating of the voyages of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Juan de Grijalva, and Hernán Cortés. The fifth Decade (1523) dealt with the conquest of Mexico and the circumnavigation of the world by Ferdinand Magellan; the sixth Decade (1524) gave an account of the discoveries of Dávila on the west coast of America; in the seventh Decade (1525) there are collected together descriptions of the customs of the natives in South Carolina, as well as Florida, Haiti, Cuba, Darién; the eighth Decade (1525) gives for the most part the story of the march of Cortés against Olit. Alcalá de Henares is a Spanish city. ... // Events March - With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I. July - Selim I of the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mameluks and invades Syria. ... Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (died 1517) was a Spanish conquistador, known to history mainly for the ill-fated expedition he led in 1517, in the course of which the Yucatán Peninsula was discovered by Europeans. ... Juan de Grijalva (born around 1489 in Cuéllar - January 21, 1527) was a Spanish conquistador. ... Hernán Cortés Hernán(do) Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca (1485–December 2, 1547) was the conquistador who conquered Mexico for Spain. ... Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães, IPA pronunciation: //; Spanish: Fernando or Hernando de Magallanes; Spring 1480–April 27, 1521[1]) was a Portuguese maritime explorer who led the first successful attempt to circumnavigate the Earth. ... World map showing the Americas America or the Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Greenville-Spartanburg Area  Ranked 40th  - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 260 miles (420 km)  - % water 6  - Latitude 32°430N to 35°12... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Santa María la Antigua del Darién (Darién) is a city in what is now Darién Province, Panama. ...

All the eight Decades were published together for the first time at Alcalá in 1530. Later editions of single or of all the Decades appeared at Basel (1533), Cologne (1574), Paris, (1587), and Madrid (1892). A German translation came out at Basle in 1582; an English version may be found in Arber, "The first three English books on America" (Birmingham, 1885); a French one by Gaffarel in Recueil de voyages et de documents pour servir à l'histoire de la Geographie (Paris, 1907). Events June 25 - Augsburg confession presented to Charles V of Holy Roman Empire. ... Location within Switzerland Basel (British English traditionally: Basle and more recently Basel , German: Basel , French: Bâle , Italian and Spanish: Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands... Köln redirects here. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur Tossed by the waves, she does not founder Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Département Paris (75) Région ÃŽle-de-France Mayor Bertrand Delanoë (PS) City (commune) Characteristics Land Area 86. ... Flag Coat of Arms Coordinates: 40° 23’N , 3°69′0″W Time Zone: CET (GMT +1) Administration Administrative Divisions 21 Barrios in Madrid 127 Comunidad Autónoma Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón | PP City Characteristics Land Area 607 km² Population 3,228,359 2005...

In addition to his Decades in another valuable source of historical information is his Opus epistolarum, although its value is somewhat lessened by the fact that it was not arranged or published until after his death. This collection consists of 812 letters to or from ecclesiastical dignitaries, generals, and statesmen of Spain and Italy, dealing with contemporary events, and especially with the history of Spain between 1487 and 1525. It appeared first at Alcalá in 1530; a new edition was issued by Elzevir at Amsterdam in 1670. Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 742,951(1 January 2005) Demonym Amsterdammer Coordinates Website www. ...

Sources

• (English) Peter Martyr d’Anghiera at the Catholic Encyclopedia
• (French) Biographie sommaire des Géographes, Hydrographes et Cartographes
• (English) De Orbe Novo, Volume 1, The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera, Project Gutenberg.

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