Muertes, funerales y sepultura del científico Jorge Juan a través de la correspondencia de su secretario Miguel Sanz
- Alberola-Romá, Armando
- Die Maculet, Rosario
ISSN: 0212-5862, 1989-9823
Year of publication: 1999
Issue Title: Epistolarios: correspondencia
Issue: 18
Pages: 109-124
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de Historia Moderna
Abstract
The scientist and seafarer Jorge Juan Santacilia is one of the most prestigious figures of XVIII century Spain. The present work deals with little-known aspects of his last days, as well as giving details of his funeral and burial, as outlined in the correspondence with his private secretary.