Etiqueta: Accarette Du Biscay

Viajes Al Río De La Plata Y A Potosí (1657 1660)

Viajes Al Río De La Plata Y A Potosí (1657 1660)

There is very scarce information on the author of this peculiar book, that many scholars consider initiated the British appetite for the Spanish colonies in South America. Accarette -as he calls himself- or Accarette du Biscay -as appears in the English translation of his story- seems to have been a French-Basque adventurer who traveled twice […]