Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Juan de Zumárraga
Standard Name: Zumárraga, Juan de
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1539: Juan de Zumárraga, Bishop of Mexico, destroyer...
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1539
Juan de Zumárraga
, Bishop of Mexico, destroyer of thousands of native manuscripts (documents of the Aztec, Maya, and Olmec civilizations), set up in Mexico City the first printing press in the Americas.
Manguel, Alberto. “Cities Built on Books”. The London Library Magazine, No. 30, 1 Dec.–28 Feb. 2015, pp. 22-5.
