anybody who knows the birthdate?birthplace? biography of santiago de vera?

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anybody who knows the birthdate?birthplace? biography of santiago de vera? english version please.
he is one of the governor generals in the philippines and i need his bio asap, if ur a history genius u can answer this

Answer 1

Here's a start, a very short entry about your 16th Century guy at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_de_Vera

There's more at the article on Governor-General of the Philippines:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Governor_-_Captain_General_of_the_Philippines

There's a Project Gutenberg ebook with primary documents pertaining to de Vera at:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/3/7/0/13701/13701-h/13701-h.htm

The book is called _The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, V7, 1588-1591_. It looks like there are nuggets you can mine there.

Ooh, and there's this:
DOCTOR SANTIAGO DE VERA—Native of Alcalá de Henares; alcalde of Mexico; arrives at Manila, May 16, 1584; establishes first Audiencia of Manila, 1584; sends Diego Ronquillo prisoner to Spain, 1585; sends expedition to Maluco, 1585; Father Sanchez leaves for Spain, June 28, 1586; arrival of Dominicans for their first mission, 1587; constructs first stone fort, 1587; Candish captures "Santa Ana," November, 4, 1587; insurrection in the Bisayas, 1588; term as governor, May 16, 1584-May, 1590; appointed auditor in Mexico Audiencia.

It's from: http://www.zamboanga.com/html/Spanish_governors_of_the_philippines.htm