Randa

Japanese: ランダ
Randa
Spanish missionary and Franciscan friar. In 1549, he traveled to the Yucatan region of Mexico, where he engaged in missionary work and observed Maya culture. Although he destroyed Mayan pictorial documents and statues, he wrote a comprehensive report on Maya culture, the Book of Things Yucatan, which remains one of the few historical documents on ancient Maya culture today.

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Japanese:
スペインの宣教師,フランシスコ会士。1549年メキシコのユカタン地方に渡り,布教に従事すると同時に,マヤ文化について観察。マヤの絵文書や神像を焼却破壊しつつも,自身はマヤ文化に関する総合的な報告書《ユカタン事物記》を著し,これが今日古代マヤ文化に関する数少ない史料の一つとなっている。

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