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Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco | |
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| Born | Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco 4 August 1713 |
| Died | April 1785 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | cartographer |
| Children | 2 sons |
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Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (4 August 1713 – 4[1] or 11[2] April 1785) was "perhaps the most prolific and important cartographer of New Spain"[3] as well as an artist, particularly as a Santero (wood-carver of religious images).[4] He has been called a polymath, being "proficient in astronomy, cartography, mathematics, geography, geology, geometry, military tactics, commerce, husbandry, oenology, metallurgy, languages, iconology, iconography, liturgy, painting, sculpture and drawing."[5]
- ^ "Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco". New Mexico Office of the State Historian. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ Fred Roeder. "Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco". The American Surveyor. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "Map which Don Francisco Antonio Marín del Valle, Governor and Captain General of this kingdom of New Mexico, ordered drawn : 1758, Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps". New Mexico Humanities Council. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts Showcases 18th Century Santero and Cartographer". SantaFe.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "Defining the Colonial World: Don Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco Explorer, Scientist, Santero and More". New Mexico Museum of Art. Retrieved November 16, 2013.