CULTURAL READINGS: Colonization & Print in the Americas

Jay I. Kislak Foundation	Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Historia general de las conquistas del nuevo reyno de Granada... Antwerp: Juan Baptista Verdussen, 1688. Larger view of top half Larger view of bottom half
Fernández came from the new mestizo society which had evolved in New Spain by the 17th century. Born in Bogotŕ, he became a cleric was and eventually promoted to Bishop of Santa Marta. His history of New Grenada, today known as Columbia, was written in Spain while Fernández was defending himself before the Council of the Indies on charges brought by the local visitador.

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