Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora
Mexican humanist and writer (1645-1700) · Mexico · Scientists · Died at 55
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Something wrong?Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora was one of the first great intellectuals born in the Americas - Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain. He was a criollo patriot, exalting New Spain over Old. A polymath and writer, he held many colonial government and academic positions.
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Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, posthumous painting by Miguel Cabrera.
Virgin of Guadalupe
Viceroy Tomás de la Cerda
Map of Mexico and the central lake system by Italian traveler Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri from one by Sigüenza y Góngora.
View of the Plaza Mayor of Mexico City (1695) by Cristóbal de Villalpando. The viceroy's palace still shows the damage done during the 1692 riot.About this person
Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora was one of the first great intellectuals born in the Americas - Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain. He was a criollo patriot, exalting New Spain over Old. A polymath and writer, he held many colonial government and academic positions. Sigüenza is considered the da Vinci mexicano and among the most important intellectuals from Colonial Spanish America - alongside Juan de Espinosa Medrano.
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