Vicente Carvallo y Goyeneche

Who was Vicente Carvallo y Goyeneche?

Vicente Carvallo y Goyeneche was a Chilean soldier, author and historian of Basque descent, born in Valdivia. Author of the Descripcion Histórico Geografía del Reino de Chile, covering the history and geography of the Kingdom of Chile from the beginning of the Spanish conquest to 1789. The book remained unpublished for eighty years, until it was published between 1875 and 1876 by José Toribio Medina. The text is divided in two sections. In the first Carvallo has a narration of events between the beginning of the Conquest of Chile and the year 1789. The second section consists of a description of all the provinces of the country and the customs of the Mapuche.