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Also Known As Américo Castro y Quesada
Born May 4, 1885 • Brazil
Died July 25, 1972 (aged 87) • Spain
Subjects Of Study Latin America • Spain • culture
Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo
Spanish writer and diplomat
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Venezuelan soldier and statesman
Mariana, detail of an engraving
Juan de Mariana
Spanish historian
Jerónimo de Zurita y Castro
Spanish historian
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
Prescott, William H
William H. Prescott
American historian
Fernand Braudel
French historian and educator
Joaquín Acosta
Colombian scientist
Peter Martyr d’Anghiera
Italian chaplain and historian of the Spanish court
Reinhart Pieter Dozy
Dutch historian
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
ruler of Spain
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Philip II
Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Mariano Rajoy
Mariano Rajoy
prime minister of Spain
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3 duque de Alba
Spanish soldier and statesman
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer

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