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He was sent from Spain on a religious crusade to Mexico to “detect the sickness of idolatry”, but Bernardino de Sahagún instead became the first anthropologist of the New World. Translated into English by Mauricio Mixco, León-Portilla's account presents Sahagún as a complex individual - a man of his times yet a pioneer in many ways.

Bernardino de Sahagun First Anthropologist

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    A Paperback by Miguel León–portilla, Mauricio J. Mixco

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 2/28/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780806142715, 978-0806142715
      ISBN10: 0806142715

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      Book Synopsis
      He was sent from Spain on a religious crusade to Mexico to “detect the sickness of idolatry”, but Bernardino de Sahagún instead became the first anthropologist of the New World. Translated into English by Mauricio Mixco, León-Portilla's account presents Sahagún as a complex individual - a man of his times yet a pioneer in many ways.

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