Martín Fernández de Navarrete
![de Navarrete {{circa|1881}}](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Mart%C3%ADn_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_Navarrete_%28Museo_del_Prado%29.jpg)
He rediscovered Las Casas' abstract of the journal Columbus kept, known as the ''Diario'', of his first voyage. His principal work is the ''Colección de los viages y descubrimientos que hicieron por mar los españoles desde fines del siglo XV'' (Collection of the voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards since the late 15th century), a vast work published in five volumes that Navarrete wrote by appointment of the Spanish Crown. As a result of this achievement, he has acquired the nickname ''El Marino Historiador'' (The Mariner Historian).
Navarrete was a member of all the major Spanish and international Science and Arts Academies of his time. Provided by Wikipedia
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