Enrique de Gandía
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Enrique de Gandía was an Argentine
historian
, author of over a hundred books.
He taught, as a professor of School of Fine Arts (1948), the University of Morón (1960) and the University of Belgrano
(1967), being co-founder of the latter two. He also held the chair of Political Science at the Kennedy University
(1991). In 1948 he was director of the Buenos Aires Municipal Museum (now the Historical Museum of Buenos Aires "Cornelio de Saavedra").
His career was recognized with the designation as a full member of the National Academies of History (1930), Moral and Political Sciences (1938 ), Geography (1985), and the National Academy of Sciences (1987). In 1933 he co-founded the National Institute of San Martin. In 1930 he co-founded the Paraguayan Institute of Historical Research, this institution and the Institute of History and Geography of Paraguay it would appoint an honorary member. He received numerous awards, including Konex 1984, the appointment of Government of Portugal as Commander of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (1991), honorary doctorates of the National University of Asuncion and University of the Basque Country
.
He was considered by Paul Gallez
, member and initiator of the Argentine School of Protocartography.
He was the first to speculate that the fourth peninsula
of Asia
(called sometimes Cattigara Peninsula) in ancient maps was South America
in his book "Primitivos navegantes vascos".
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, author of over a hundred books.
He taught, as a professor of School of Fine Arts (1948), the University of Morón (1960) and the University of Belgrano
University of Belgrano
The University of Belgrano is a private university established in 1964 and located in the Belgrano district of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.It has 9 Departments:*Architecture and Urban Planning*Law and Political Science*Economics*Humanities...
(1967), being co-founder of the latter two. He also held the chair of Political Science at the Kennedy University
Universidad Argentina John F. Kennedy
The Universidad Argentina John F. Kennedy was founded by Miguel Herrera Figueroa, JD, on April 4, 1964 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The university has 18 units in the City of Buenos Aires and two in Buenos Aires Province...
(1991). In 1948 he was director of the Buenos Aires Municipal Museum (now the Historical Museum of Buenos Aires "Cornelio de Saavedra").
His career was recognized with the designation as a full member of the National Academies of History (1930), Moral and Political Sciences (1938 ), Geography (1985), and the National Academy of Sciences (1987). In 1933 he co-founded the National Institute of San Martin. In 1930 he co-founded the Paraguayan Institute of Historical Research, this institution and the Institute of History and Geography of Paraguay it would appoint an honorary member. He received numerous awards, including Konex 1984, the appointment of Government of Portugal as Commander of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator (1991), honorary doctorates of the National University of Asuncion and University of the Basque Country
University of the Basque Country
The University of the Basque Country is the only public university in the Basque Country, in Northern Spain...
.
He was considered by Paul Gallez
Paul Gallez
Paul Gallez was an Argentinian cartographer and historian, born in Brussels, and based on the city of Bahía Blanca, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina....
, member and initiator of the Argentine School of Protocartography.
He was the first to speculate that the fourth peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
of Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
(called sometimes Cattigara Peninsula) in ancient maps was South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
in his book "Primitivos navegantes vascos".
Publications
Partial list of the works published by Gandía:- "Historia del Gran Chaco" - 1929.
- "Límites de las gobernaciones sudamericanas en el siglo XVI" - 1933.
- "Los derechos del Paraguay sobre el Chaco Boreal en el siglo XVI" - 1935.
- "Historia de la República Argentina en el Siglo XIX" - 1940.
- "Historia de Cristóbal Colón" - 1942.
- "Primitivos navegantes vascos" - 1942.
- "Buenos Aires colonial" - 1957.
- "Bolívar y la libertad" - 1959.
- "Nicolás Avellaneda: Sus ideas y su tiempo" - 1985.
- "Simón Bolívar: Su pensamiento político" - 1984.
- "Historia de las ideas políticas en la Argentina" - 1988.
- "Nueva historia de América, la libertad y la antilibertad" - 1988.
- "Nueva historia del descubrimiento de América" - 1987.
- "Américo Vespucci y sus cinco viajes al nuevo mundo" - 1990.
See also
- Dick Edgar Ibarra GrassoDick Edgar Ibarra GrassoDick Edgar Ibarra Grasso was an Argentine researcher who explored the possibility of colonization of the Americas by several antique ethnic groups....
- Paul GallezPaul GallezPaul Gallez was an Argentinian cartographer and historian, born in Brussels, and based on the city of Bahía Blanca, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina....
- Basque sailors
- Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contactPre-Columbian trans-oceanic contactTheories of Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact are those theories that propose interaction between indigenous peoples of the Americas who settled the Americas before 10,000 BC, and peoples of other continents , which occurred before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Caribbean in 1492.Many...