Torre, Tomás de la ___ 1510c-1567 ___ Spanish ___ priest

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Torre was born in Salamanca and studied at the Dominican college of San Esteban. He entered the order when about 20 and became an assistant of Bishop Bartolome de Los Casas during his mission to Santo Domingo, in what is now the Dominican Republic. However, because of his criticism towards the Spanish authorities for their cruel treatment of indigenous peoples, the bishop sent Torre on a mission to Guatemala. There he rose to become a prior, in 1550, and, three years later, provincial of the order. He also built churches and schools, and founded the convents of Chiapa and Copanabaxtla.
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DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1544-1545 ___ maritime religious travel exploration Guatemala

WEB TEXT LINKS
a couple of quotes
several extracts

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
 

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Travelling in 1544 from Salamanca, Spain, to Ciudad Real, Chiapas, Mexico: The travels and trials of Bishop Bartolome de las Casas and his Dominican fathers
 

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