Pedro Cieza de León
Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pedro Cieza de León (Llerena, Spain c. 1518 or 1520 – Seville, Spain July 2, 1554) was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru and Popayán. He is known primarily for his extensive work, Crónicas del Perú (The Chronicle of Peru), which has been a source of knowledge for centuries for different disciplines such as history, philology, geography, biology, anthropology, botany and zoology. He wrote this book in four parts, but only the first was published during his lifetime; the remaining sections were not published until the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Born | 1518 or 1520 |
Died | (1554-07-02)July 2, 1554 |
Nationality | Spanish |
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Fields | History, geography, ethnography, political science, botany, zoology |
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