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Fray Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra (1745 - 1813), born in Estadilla
Estadilla

Estadilla is a municipality located in the Huesca , Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 856 inhabitants....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, was a Benedictine
Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy....
 monk
Monk

A Monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, the unconditioning of mind and body in favor of the realization of one's true nature, and does so living either alone or with any number of like-minded people, whilst always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose....
 and the first historian
Historian

A historian is an individual who studies and writes about history, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all events in time....
 to extensively document Puerto Rico's history
History of Puerto Rico

File:Boriken.jpgThe history of Puerto Rico began with the settlement of the archipelago of Puerto Rico by the Ortoiroid people between 3000 and 2000 BC....
, nationality and culture
Culture of Puerto Rico

The culture of Puerto Rico is the result of a number of international and indigenous influences, both past and present. Modern cultural manifestations showcase the island's rich History of Puerto Rico and help to create an identity which is a melting pot of cultures - Ta?no , Spanish, African, Other Europeans, Asians, Middle Easteners, and...
.

Abbad arrived in Puerto Rico in 1771 at age 26 as confessor
Confessor

The title confessor is used within Christianity in several ways....
 and personal secretary of the bishop of the diocese of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....
, Manuel Jiménez Pérez.






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Fray Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra (1745 - 1813), born in Estadilla
Estadilla

Estadilla is a municipality located in the Huesca , Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 856 inhabitants....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, was a Benedictine
Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy....
 monk
Monk

A Monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, the unconditioning of mind and body in favor of the realization of one's true nature, and does so living either alone or with any number of like-minded people, whilst always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose....
 and the first historian
Historian

A historian is an individual who studies and writes about history, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all events in time....
 to extensively document Puerto Rico's history
History of Puerto Rico

File:Boriken.jpgThe history of Puerto Rico began with the settlement of the archipelago of Puerto Rico by the Ortoiroid people between 3000 and 2000 BC....
, nationality and culture
Culture of Puerto Rico

The culture of Puerto Rico is the result of a number of international and indigenous influences, both past and present. Modern cultural manifestations showcase the island's rich History of Puerto Rico and help to create an identity which is a melting pot of cultures - Ta?no , Spanish, African, Other Europeans, Asians, Middle Easteners, and...
.

Abbad arrived in Puerto Rico in 1771 at age 26 as confessor
Confessor

The title confessor is used within Christianity in several ways....
 and personal secretary of the bishop of the diocese of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....
, Manuel Jiménez Pérez. From 1772 to 1778, as part of his ecclesiastic duties, he visited many towns throughout the island. Also at that time, while accompanying Jiménez Pérez, he visited Cumaná
Cumaná

Cuman? is the capital of Venezuela's Sucre State. It is located 402 km east of Caracas. It was one of the first settlements founded by Europeans on the South American mainland, in 1515 by Franciscan monks, but due to successful attacks by the indigenous people, it had to be refounded several times....
, Isla Margarita
Isla Margarita

Margarita Island is the largest island of the Nueva Esparta States of Venezuela in Venezuela, situated in the Caribbean Sea, off the northeastern coast of the country....
, New Barcelona, the Orinoco River
Orinoco

The Orinoco is one of the longest rivers in South America at 2,140 km, . Its drainage basin, sometimes called the Orinoquia covers 880,000 km?, 76.3% in Venezuela with the rest in Colombia....
, Trinidad
Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and islands of Trinidad and Tobago which make up the country of Trinidad and Tobago....
, and Venezuela
Venezuela

Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
. During these travels he kept a diary named Viage a la América (Voyage to America). The book was published as a facsimile
Facsimile

A facsimile is a copy or reproduction of an old book, manuscript, map, old master print or other item of historical value that is as true-to-the-original source as possible using, normally, some form of photographic technique....
 in 1974 at Caracas
Caracas

Caracas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela. It is located in the north of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Coastal Range, Venezuela....
 by Banco Nacional de Ahorro y Préstamo (National Loan and Savings Bank).

While living in Puerto Rico he observed and recorded every day Puerto Rican life. In 1788, ten years after leaving Puerto Rico, he published the first comprehensive history of Puerto Rico titled Historia geográfica, civil y natural de la isla de San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico (Geographic, civil and natural history of the island of Saint John the Baptist of Puerto Rico). In his book he described, in detail, a wide array of aspects of Puerto Rican life. Among the topics discussed are San Juan's
San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan is the Capital and largest Municipalities of Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico. As of the United States Census Bureau, it has a population of 433,733, making it the List of United States cities by population city under the jurisdiction of the United States....
 fortifications and defenses, Taíno
Taíno

The Ta?nos were Indigenous peoples of the Americas of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. It is believed that the seafaring Ta?nos were relatives of the Arawakan people of South America....
 customs, and Puerto Rican history, society, clothing, flora, fauna
Fauna of Puerto Rico

The fauna of Puerto Rico is similar to other island archipelago faunas, with high endemic , and low, skewed Alpha diversity. Bats are the only Extant taxon native terrestrial mammals in Puerto Rico....
, socio-economic peculiarities, and personality. He also proposes several reforms such as free commerce and the promotion of agriculture
Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
 and other industries. It must be noted that even though Abbad's book is the most complete historical account of Puerto Rico from 1493 to 1783 many of the historical accounts presented were obtained from second-hand sources.

The earliest known reference to the güiro
Güiro

The g?iro is a percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a wooden stick along the notches to produce a ratchet-like sound....
, an instrument used in traditional Puerto Rican music
Music of Puerto Rico

The music of Puerto Rico has been influenced by the African, Ta?no Indians and the Spanish people, and has become very popular across the Caribbean and across the globe....
, is in his writings. He described the güiro as one of several instruments that were used to accompany dancers. The other instruments would typically include maraca
Maraca

Maracas is a native instrument of Puerto Rico. They are simple percussion instruments , usually played in pairs, consisting of a dried calabash or gourd shell or coconut shell filled with seeds or dried beans....
s, tambourine
Tambourine

The tambourine or Marine is a musical instrument of the Percussion instrument family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils"....
 and one or more guitars.

In 1785, Abbad wrote Relación de la Florida (Florida Relation), an account of the Spanish presence in the Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
 peninsula beginning with its discovery by Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León

Juan Ponce de Le?n was a Spain conquistador. He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Monarchy of Spain. He is also notable for his voyage to Florida, the first known European excursion there, as well as for being associated with the legend of the Fountain of Youth, which was said to be in Florida....
 up to the establishment of French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 and British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 colonies.

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  • List of historians
    List of historians

    This is a list of historians.The names are grouped by order of the historical period in which they were writing, which is not necessarily the same as the period in which they specialized....