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Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Guiral was a Spanish Navy officer. He spent much of his career in the Americas, where he carried out important scientific work that earned him a reputation as one of the major figures of the Enlightenment in Spain. As a military officer, Ulloa achieved the rank of vice admiral. He also served the Spanish Empire as an administrator in the Viceroyalty of Peru and as go…
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science · Spanish Navy officer, scientist, and colonial administrator (1716–1795) · naturalist · writer · military personnel · astronomer · naval officer · seafarer · physicist · historian · scholar · politician · also Antonio de Ulloa, Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Giralt, Ulloa, De Ulloa
Born 12 January 1716 · Died 5 July 1795 · Q470306
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2026· 2 entries
Cooperativa – Opinión: Columna de Marco Antonio Vásquez Ulloa : El crecimiento económico no tiene dueño
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2016· 1 entry
The Spanish Postal Service issued a stamp to mark the 300th anniversary of Ulloa's birth
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2013· 1 entry
The University of Seville opened a new Learning Resource Centre named after Antonio de Ulloa
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1995· 1 entry
Found a damaged tablet that seemed to be marked "Ulloa", but with no identifiable human remains behind it
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1845· 1 entry
And Almirante Ulloa ("Admiral Ulloa") in 1875
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1826· 1 entry
After the independence of South America from Spain, when it was published in London by an Englishman named David Barry, who had himself returned disillusioned from the newly independent Spanish America
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1795· 1 entry
Died 1795-07-05.
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1766· 1 entry
Career landmark: governor of Louisiana (1766–1768).
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1716· 1 entry
Born 1716-01-12.
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