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Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (Latin: Petrus Martyr Anglerius or ab Angleria; Italian: Pietro Martire d'Anghiera; Spanish: Pedro Mártir de Anglería; 2 February 1457 – October 1526), formerly known in English as Peter Martyr of Angleria, was an Italian historian at the service of Spain during the Age of Exploration.
Peter Martyr d’Anghiera (born Feb. 2, 1457, Arona, Milan—died October 1526, Granada, Spain) was a chaplain to the court of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, and historian of Spanish explorations, who became a member of Emperor Charles V’s Council of the Indies (1518).
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Jun 12, 2008 · De orbe novo, the eight Decades of Peter Martyr d'Anghera; by. Anghiera, Pietro Martire d', 1457-1526; MacNutt, Francis Augustus, 1863-1927. Publication date. 1912.
Decades of the New World (Latin: De orbe novo decades; Spanish: Décadas del nuevo mundo), by Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, is a collection of eight narrative tracts recounting early Spanish exploration, conquest and colonization of the New World, exploration of the Pacific, and related miscellany.
TitleContentsCollaboratorColophonLibretto de tutta la nauigatione de Re de ...partial 1st dec.Angelo Trevisan, Albertino VercelleseVenesia: Albertino da Lisona vercellesePaesi nouamente retrouati et Nouo Mondo ...partial 1st dec.Francanzano da MontalboddoVicentia: impensa de Mgro Henrico ...Itinerariu [m] Portugalle [n]siu [m] e ...partial 1st dec.Archangelo Madrignani[Mediolani: Giovanni Angelo ...Neuwe umbekanthe landte und ein new ...partial 1st dec.Jobst RuchamerNüreinbergk: mich Georgen StüchssenHistorian of Spain and of the discoveries of her representatives, b. at Arona, near Anghiera, on Lake Maggiore in Italy, 2 February, 1457; d. at Granada in October, 1526
Martyr d’Anghiera, PETER, historian of Spain and of the discoveries of her representatives, b. at Arona, near Anghiera, on Lake Maggiore in Italy, February 2, 1457; d. at Granada in October, 1526.
Peter Martyr (also Pietro Martire d'Anghiera; b. 1457 or 1459; d. 1526), early historian of the discovery and exploration of the New World. Born in Arona, Italy, Martyr moved to Rome in 1477 and became a noted academic.