Rolando Laguarda Trías (1902–1998) was a

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an historian. He was recognized both nationally and internationally for his work in the fields of

geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

, historical

cartography Cartography (; from , 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and , 'write') is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an imagined reality) can ...

, military history,

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and

etymology Etymology ( ) is the study of the origin and evolution of words—including their constituent units of sound and meaning—across time. In the 21st century a subfield within linguistics, etymology has become a more rigorously scientific study. ...

. He was born and died in Montevideo.

Works

Several of his publications are used as a reference for researchers internationally. Among these are: *The enigma of the traveler Acarette du Biscay (1958) *The expedition of Christopher Jaques the Rio de la Plata in 1521 (1964) *Afronegrismos River Plate (1969) *The prediscovery the Rio de la Plata by the Portuguese expedition of 1511-1512 (1973) *Basis for a glossary of geographical terms in Uruguay (1974) *El Enigma De Las Latitudes De Colon (Cuadernos colombinos, 4.) (1974) *Breakthrough of the Rio de la Plata by Amerigo Vespucci in 1502 (1983) *Spanish ship discovered the Falkland Islands in 1520 (1983) *Notes on Spanish military engineers in the Banda Oriental (1991) *Crew, endowments and latitudes of the Magellan expedition Elcano (1997) *Introduction to cartography portolan (PM 1999) 20th-century Uruguayan historians 1902 births 1998 deaths Academics from Montevideo {{Uruguay-historian-stub