Alonso de Ovalle explained

Fr. Alonso de Ovalle (Santiago; July 27, 1603  - Lima; May 1651) was a Chilean Jesuit priest and chronicler of Chilean history, author of the Historica relacion del Reyno de Chile y de las missiones y ministerios que exercita en él la Compañía de Jesus, describing the Conquest of Chile and the Arauco War. He was great grandson of the Genoese sailor Juan Bautista Pastene.[1]

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  1. Jesuitas, Franciscanos y Capuchinos italianos en la Araucanía (1600-1900) . . 1993 . 109–147 . 19 . Pinto Rodríguez . Jorge . Jorge Pinto Rodríguez . es.