CROSSING THE OCEAN IN THE XVII CENTURY ACCORDING TO P. SOLÓRZANO'S CRONIC (1649-1684)

Authors

  • Andrés Oyola Fabián Retired Professor of Secondary Education

Keywords:

Solórzano, biography, chronic, collection of letters, Atlantic crossing, mission

Abstract

As a tribute to Fernando Serrano Mangas we publish a letter from Father Manuel de Solorzano (1649-1684), which recounts the Ocean crossing from Cadiz to Veracruz and from this city to Mexico in 1675. The letter is included in a recently localized collection of letters, containing about a hundred letters and other documents ranging from 1663 to 1684, the year the latter Fr. Solorzano was killed in the Chamorro revolutions against the Spanish occupation.

Author Biography

  • Andrés Oyola Fabián, Retired Professor of Secondary Education

    Andrés was born in Segura de León (Badajoz), in 1946, and his professional life was spent mainly at the Fregenal de Sierra Baccalaureate Institute, as a professor of Latin.

    He was also an Official Chronicler of his town, Doctor in History of Science and Academic of the Royal Academy of Letters and Arts of Extremadura.

    He was a great humanist, translator of Latin, director of several choirs, researcher of Extremaduran history and folklore…

    Since 1992, Andrés Oyola has been part of the Extremadura Federation of Folklore , as a member of its Regional Research and Dissemination Council, and as a member of the Editorial Board of our magazine “Saber Popular”. In the magazine, of which he has been one of its mainstays, he has published numerous articles on gastronomy, Christmas carols, festivals, bullfights, children's folklore...

     

     

     

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Issue

No. 27/28 (2014): Tribute to prof. Dr. D. Fernando Serrano Mangas

Section

Artículos

How to Cite

CROSSING THE OCEAN IN THE XVII CENTURY ACCORDING TO P. SOLÓRZANO’S CRONIC (1649-1684). (2025). Norba. Revista De Historia - NRH, 27/28, 185-200. https://revista-norbahistoria.unex.es/index.php/NRH/article/view/831