Bartolome de las Casas
Region | Occupation | Born | Died |
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Spain, South America | Explorer, Cartographer | 1484 | 1566 |
Contemporary editor and biographer of Christopher Columbus; defended American native peoples' rights against Spain's imperial plans. Wrote Historia de las Indias between 1527 and 1561.
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