José de Acosta (1539-1600), scholar

José de Acosta (1539-1600) was a Spanish scholar and theologian, a Jesuit missionary in South America and a naturalist. His Historia natural y moral de las Indias (1590) is one of the first and best descriptions of the New World and its inhabitants. He also taught theology at Ocana, Rome and Salamanca.

Works

Books

• In Epistolam B. Pauli Apostoli ad Hebraeos commentarii (1598 Ribera/Acosta), book

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