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Antonio Peñafiel

Mexican doctor, scientist and scholar who participated in founding the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, and in studying Mexico's pre-Columbian history and in documenting Native American languages

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    Diccionario de la lengua tarasca ó de Michoacán / por Maturino Gilberti de la Orden de San Francisco ; impreso en México el año de 1559 ; reimpreso bajo la dirección y cuidado del Dr. Antonio Peñafiel.

    Gilberti, Maturino, 1498-1585. | Date: 1901
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    Cuatro libros de la naturaleza y virtudes de las plantas y animales, de use medicinal en la Nueva España / por Fr. Francisco Ximenez ... se reimprimen por acuerdo del señor general Carlos Pacheo, Secretario de fomento, bajo el cuidado y correcion del Dr. Antonio Peñafiel.

    Hernández, Francisco, 1517-1587. | Date: 1888

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