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- Title
ANTONIO DE GAZTAÑETA E ITURRIBALZAGA (1656-1728) NOTAS BIOGRÁFICAS INÉDITAS.
- Authors
PINTOS, GABRIEL; IBAÑEZ, ITSASO
- Abstract
Antonio de Gaztañeta's biographers usually highlight his scientific figure and that of an officer of the Spanish Navy. The information about the beginning of his activity as a seafarer in commercial vessels is rather scarce as well as incomplete. It has also been verified that, generally speaking, this information is ruled by the autobiographical data referred by Gaztañeta in his works. In this paper, we give some unpublished biographical notes of Gaztañeta's early days, in particular, those of his training as a merchant seaman linked to the Carrera de Indias. In so doing, the records of his examination to obtain the degree of Piloto de la Provincia de Nueva España, preserved in the Archivo General de Indias, turned out to be essential.
- Subjects
SPAIN. Armada; SEAMANSHIP; SHIPS; MERCHANTS; SAILORS
- Publication
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Espanola de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Tecnicas, 2019, Vol 42, Issue 86, p99
- ISSN
0210-8615
- Publication type
Article