Pedro de Morales explained

Pedro de Morales (1538–1614) was a Spanish religious writer.

In 1579, a letter he sent to Pope Gregory XIII regarding festivities surround relics contained the first known record of the word chocolate as of 2010.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Swanton . Michael . de Ávila . Alejandro . van Doesburg . Bas . 2010 . Comments on Kaufman and Justeson: “The History of the Word for Cacao in Ancient Mesoamerica” . Ancient Mesoamerica . 21 . 436 . 10.1017/S0956536111000186.

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