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Rada, Fray Martín de
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(Jul 20, 1533, Pamplona – Jun, 1578, on the high seas near Manila). In 1554, de Rada entered the Order of St. Augustine. He was a missionary, linguist, geographer, mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer. After studying in Paris and Salamanca, he became a missionary in Mexico (1561); on Nov 21, 1564 he accompanied the expedition of Miguel López de Legazpi to the Philippines, with Father André de Urdaneta; between 1565 and 1572 he was a missionary in Cebu, where he became provinc…

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Delgado, Mariano, “Rada, Fray Martín de”, in: Religion Past and Present. Online abgerufen am 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_024790>
Erste Online-Publikation: 2011
Erste Druckedition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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