Juan de Urbina, a native English Basque provinces, went to New Granada when this jurisdiction even knew the name of "Tierra Adentro". He served in the army of General Alvaro de Flores, fought against the pirates who plagued Cartagena de Indias, had outstanding performance in the war of extermination against the Indians Pijao, participated in the administrations of Presidents Francisco Sande and Juan de Borja, was related to the chroniclers Pedro Simon and Juan de Castellanos and Juan Saenz de Hurtado, encomendero of cookies and "defender of the Indians, slaves acquired and managed the rich mines of the conquistador Diego de Ospina in the province of Antioquia. He was married to English and had a love affair with Indian and black turbulent. To "improve the spiritual welfare" of the republic, argued fervently that the Crown establish the Court of the Inquisition. His life is rich in travel, adventures, loves and contradictions, but ultimately seized in Cartagena and taken to Seville the same inquisitors by both advocated, who tried to foist an alien identity. This fascinating historical novel, which covers one of the most interesting periods and unknown, was thoroughly documented by the research grant "Maria Elena Cassiet", awarded the prestigious Colombian writer Alvaro Pineda Botero by John Carter Library providenciar, Rhode Island.
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