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José Gumilla
Joseph Gumilla (1686, in Cárcer – 1750, in the Llanos) was a Jesuit priest who wrote a natural history of the Orinoco River region. Biography In 1705 he left Spain for Viceroyalty of New Granada, New Granada (today Colombia) where he studied at the Pontifical Xavierian University, Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. He was ordained in 1714 and went to the Orinoco Mission. In 1701 he went to Venezuela and worked there for 35 years. He was sometime Rector of the School of Cartagena, Colombia, Cartagena, Provincial Superior of New Granada, and Procurator in Rome from 1738. Here he wrote ''El Orinoco Ilustrado'' (Madrid, 1741). He returned to South America in 1743 with Filippo Salvatore Gilii. Gumilla introduced Coffee production in Venezuela, coffee into Venezuela in 1732. The beans were exported to Brazil. References *Gumilla, (Padre) Joseph. El Orinoco ilustrado y defendido. ''Historia natural, civil y geográfica de este gran río y de sus caudalosas vertientes''. Escrito en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch language, Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-British culture, Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
