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Person Born Died Gender Person ID
Bernabé Cobo Lopera 1582 Lima 1657 M P1156

Instrument(s) Professional group Social status Social sphere Why is the person listed?
vihuela Cleric Ecclesiastical Church Author Author - poet, playwright

Years active Place active Century Region
Antilles, Venezuela 17cent America
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Bernabé Cobo (born at Lopera in Spain, 1582; died at Lima, Peru, 9 October 1657) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary and writer. He played a part in the early history of quinine by his description of cinchona bark; he brought some to Europe on a visit in 1632.[1]
He was a thorough student of nature and man in Spanish America. His long residence (61 years), his position as a priest and, several times, as a missionary, gave him unusual opportunities for obtaining reliable information. The Spanish botanist Cavanilles gave the name of Cobæa to a genus of plants belonging to the Bignoniaceae of Mexico, Cobaea scandens being its most striking representative.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernabé_Cobo acc. 29/08/14

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Source documents
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1653 Bernabé Cobo, Historia del Nuevo Mundo.


Bibliography
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jimenezespadaHIS Jiménez de la Espada, Marcos (ed.). Historia del Nuevo Mundo por el P. Bernabé Cobo, publicada por primera vez 4 vols. Seville: Sociedad de Bibliófilos Andaluces, 1890-1893.
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