Alonso de Ovalle
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Fr. Alonso de Ovalle (Santiago; July 27, 1603 – Lima; May 1651) was a Chilean Jesuit 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 and the Arauco War. He was great grandson of the Genoese sailor Juan Bautista Pastene.{{cite journal |title=Jesuitas, Franciscanos y Capuchinos italianos en la Araucanía (1600-1900) |journal=Revista Complutense de Historia de América |year=1993 | pages = 109–147 |volume=19 |last1=Pinto Rodríguez |first1=Jorge |author-link=Jorge Pinto Rodríguez |language=es}}
Sources
- Alonso de Ovalle, [http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-8380.html 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 de Chile.
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