Manuel da Costa

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Manuel da Costa (1541–25 February 1604^[1]) was a Jesuit from Lisbon. After teaching humanities and theology at several schools, he was chosen rector of Braga, then missionary to the Azores; he was distinguished by his zeal.^[2] He wrote A História das Missões dos Jesuítas no Oriente, Até ao Ano de 1568 (History of the Jesuit Missionaries to the East, until 1568). The P. J. P. Maffei translated this work into Latin, and the P. de Lequerica into Spanish.^[1]

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1. ^ ^{a b} Diccionario universal de historia y de geografia. - México: Rafael, 1853-1855. - 7 vols.
2. ^ Rose, Hugh James [1853] (1857). A New General Biographical Dictionary, London: B. Fellowes et al.

Historiography, Breisach, Ernst, 2nd Ed. 1994

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Jesuit Jose de Acosta wrote about the proper treatment of the Indians in the Spanish conquest of the Americas. He wrote during a time of history dominated by Christian universal history, the unity of mankind becoming a reality through the conversion of the Indians. Acosta also spoke of an Indian migration from Asia to America. He argued that during the migration the Indians had become highly developed barbarians who never reached the level of the civilized West.