Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora

Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora was one of the first great intellectuals born in the Americas - Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain. He was a criollo patriot, exalting New Spain over Old. A polymath and writer, he held many colonial government and academic positions. Sigüenza is considered the da Vinci mexicano and among the most important intellectuals from Colonial Spanish America— alongside Juan de Espinosa Medrano.