Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Bartolomé de las Casas
Born: 1484
Died: July 18, 1566 (aged 82)
Bio: Bartolomé de las Casas was a 16th-century Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar. He became the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians".
Known for:
- History of the Indies
- In defense of the Indians