User:Lorelei/Ramón Pané

Ramón Pané was a Spanish friar of the Hieronymite Order who accompanied Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New World in 1494. He is the author of Antiquities of the Indies, a ... He is also known as the person who first introduced tobacco to Europe in 1518.

Life
Ramon Pane came from the Spanish region of Catalonia, where he entered the priesthood as a friar of the Order of St. Jerome.

Notes to myself
Thomson: indebted for info on Tainos (183), extremely little known (183). Quote: The Relacion de Fray Ramon is not only our most authentic description of the life and customs of the Antillean indigenes but must also be recognized as the first essay in the field of American anthropology more generally' (183). Catalan > Castilian (183)