Francisco Lobato del Canto (c. 1530 - 1589). Biografía de un técnico castellano del siglo XVI
- Carlos Jiménez Muñoz 1
- Andrés Martínez de Azagra Paredes 2
- Nicolás García Tapia 3
- 1 IES José L. López Aranguren (Ávila)
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Universidad de Valladolid
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- 3 Real Academia de Bellas Artes de la Purísima Concepción
ISSN: 0210-8615
Year of publication: 2023
Volume: 46
Issue: 93
Pages: 65-90
Type: Article
More publications in: Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Abstract
Francisco Lobato del Canto (c. 1530 - 1589) was the author of a manuscript whose folios are attached to a copy of Ptolemy’s Geography published in Rome in 1508. Its contents consist of notes on the technique of that time, autobiographical accounts and chronicles of his town and his countrymen. In this work we present a biography of the technician in whose episodes we will see that he traveled through southern Spain and took notes of the mills he visited, worked on technical matters in Medina del Campo where he met personalities such as Gómez Pereira and was involved in the rebellion of the Alpujarras, among other notable actions. It is, therefore, the biography of an unusual figure in 16th century Castile, whose handwritten notes are an invaluable contribution to the knowledge of the technique and daily life of an inventor.