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Fr. Alonso de Ovalle (
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; July 27, 1603 –
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; May 1651) was a Chilean
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priest and chronicler of Chilean history, author of the ''Historica relacion del Reyno de Chile y de las missiones y ministerios que exercita en él la Compañía de Jesus'', describing the
Conquest of Chile The Conquest of Chile is a period in Chilean historiography that starts with the arrival of Pedro de Valdivia to Chile in 1541 and ends with the death of Martín García Óñez de Loyola in the Battle of Curalaba in 1598, and the destruction of ...
and the
Arauco War The Arauco War was a long-running conflict between colonial Spaniards and the Mapuche people, mostly fought in the Araucanía. The conflict began at first as a reaction to the Spanish conquerors attempting to establish cities and force Mapuche ...
. He was great grandson of the Genoese sailor
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Sources

* Alonso de Ovalle
Historica relacion del Reyno de Chile y de las missiones y ministerios que exercita en él la Compañía de Jesus
Roma : Por Francisco Cavallo, 1646. Biblioteca Nacional


References

1603 births 1651 deaths Jesuit historians and chroniclers Captaincy General of Chile Chilean historians 17th-century Chilean Jesuits Chroniclers 17th-century Chilean historians Chilean people of Italian descent {{chile-historian-stub