How to Pronounce Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés
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Aug 01, 1478 Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain Died on 06 Jul 1557 (aged 78)
Spanish historian
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About Gonzalo Fernández De Oviedo Y Valdés
- Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (August 1478 – 1557) was a Spanish historian and writer.
- He is commonly known as "Oviedo" even though his family name is Fernández.
- He participated in the Spanish colonization of the Caribbean, and wrote a long chronicle of this project which is one of the few primary sources about it.
- For three centuries, only a small portion of it was published, which was widely read in the 16th century in Spanish, English and French editions. He was born in Madrid of a noble Asturian lineage and educated in the court of Ferdinand and Isabella.
- At thirteen, he became page to their son, the Infante John, Prince of Asturias.
- After the Prince's death (October 4, 1497), Oviedo went to Italy, and there acted as secretary to Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba.
- In 1514 he was appointed supervisor of gold smeltings at Santo Domingo, and on his return to Spain in 1523 was appointed historiographer of the Indies.
- He paid five more visits to America before his death, in Valladolid in 1557.
- At one point he was placed in charge of the Fortaleza Ozama, the famous fort in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where there is a large statue of him, a gift to that country from a King of Spain.
