Peter Martyr D'anghiera

Italian  Pietro Martire D'anghiera,  Spanish  Pedro Mártir De Anghiera  chaplain to the court of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, and historian of Spanish explorations, who became a member of Emperor Charles V's Council of the Indies (1518). He collected unidentified documents from the various discoverers, including Christopher Columbus, and wrote De Orbe Novo (published 1530; “On