Investigación científica - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:39:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Investigación científica - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 File of information and passenger licence to the Indies of Juan José de Elhúyar https://historylab.es/file-of-information-and-passenger-licence-to-the-indies-of-juan-jose-de-elhuyar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=file-of-information-and-passenger-licence-to-the-indies-of-juan-jose-de-elhuyar Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:30 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/expediente-de-informacion-y-licencia-de-pasajero-a-indias-de-juan-jose-de-elhuyar/ File of information and passenger licence to the Indies of the scientist Juan José de Elhúyar to work in an American mine

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]]> Juan José de Elhuyar, a Spanish scientist born in Logroño, was, together with his brother Fausto de Elhuyar, the first to isolate tungsten. They were both granted a scholarship by the Spanish monarchy to study at different European universities. In 1784, he was sent to Santa Fe de Bogotá to work in the mines of Mariquita. This document contains a dossier of information and a passenger licence to the Indies from Juan José de Elhúyar, commissioner for the promotion of the mines of the New Kingdom of Granada, to Cartagena de Indias, with the following people: Angel Díaz, commissioner; Francisco Llamas, servant, born in Socuéllamos, son of Pablo and Isabel Poveda; Antonio Pastrana, servant, born in Buenos Aires, son of Julián and Agustina Jibaja.

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]]> List of the subjects destined for mining in New Spain and the Kingdom of Santa Fe, including their families and servants https://historylab.es/list-of-the-subjects-destined-for-mining-in-new-spain-and-the-kingdom-of-santa-fe-including-their-families-and-servants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=list-of-the-subjects-destined-for-mining-in-new-spain-and-the-kingdom-of-santa-fe-including-their-families-and-servants Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:30 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/lista-de-los-sujetos-destinados-a-la-mineria-de-nueva-espana-y-reino-de-santa-fe-incluyendo-sus-familias-y-criados/ Document containing a list of the subjects destined for mining in New Spain and the Kingdom of Santa Fe, including their families and servants

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]]> In 1788, Manuel González Guiral, President of the Casa de Contratación, the institution in charge of organising commercial expeditions to America, approved the sending of different people to the mines of New Spain and the Kingdom of Santa Fe. Among them was Fausto Elhuyar, brother of Juan José Elhuyar and Director of Mines in Mexico, who travelled with his wife and a servant. Several well-known German mineralogists travelled with him, such as Alcance y contenido:Destined for New Spain- Fausto de Elhuyar, Director of the Royal body of mines of Mexico, with his wife, Juana de Raab, and their servants: Magdalena Kummer, Rosalía, free Black and Johann Knisrch.- Frederick Sonnenschmidt, Franz Fischer, Ludwig Lindner and Carlos Weinhold.

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