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José de Acosta

Spanish missionary and writer (1539 or 1540-1600) · Spain · Writers · Died at 59

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José de Acosta, SJ was a sixteenth-century Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist in Latin America.

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José de Acosta, SJ was a sixteenth-century Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist in Latin America. His deductions regarding the ill effects of crossing over the Andes in 1570 related to the atmosphere being too thin for human needs led to the modern understanding of a variety of altitude sickness, now referred to as Acosta's disease.

Country
Spain
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1540 to 1600 · aged 59

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