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Bernardino de Sahagún

A Spanish Franciscan missionary and ethnographer, Sahagún organized Mexica elders and artists to create the Florentine Codex, a record of Native life.

Dates
c. 1499–1590
Born In
Europe > Southern Europe > Spain
Active In
North America > Mexico
Period Culture Style
Colonial American > Colonial Spanish American > Viceroyalty of New Spain
Known For
Manuscript
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