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Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora
Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora was a Mexican scholar, poet and priest, one of the leading intellectuals of New Spain. A professor of mathematics at the Royal University of Mexico, he wrote on astronomy, history and geography, rejected astrological views of comets, collected Aztec manuscripts and drew a map of the Valley of Mexico. He was a friend of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.
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