José de Acosta
Spanish missionary and writer (1539 or 1540–1600)
José de Acosta (September/October 1539 – February 15, 1600), was a Spanish 16th-century Jesuit missionary and naturalist in Latin America. He wrote several works including De Natura Novi Orbis and De promulgatione Evangelii apud Barbaros, sive De Procuranda Indorum salute.