Jeronimo de ayanz y beaumont biography channel
Jeronimo de ayanz y beaumont biography channel
The Incredible Story of Jerónimo de Ayanz: Europe’s Greatest ....
Europe’s Greatest and Most Overlooked Inventor
Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont
Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont (1553-1613) was an extremely versatile man.
He excelled as a soldier, painter, cosmographer, and musician, but above all, as an inventor. Ayanz is practically a perfect stranger in Spanish historiography of the 16th century. But his importance should be paramount.
His biography includes being a war hero in Flanders, where he was mortally wounded, and almost came back to life after being declared unfit for combat.
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Curiously, Jerónimo de Ayanz was nearly two metres tall. Something that is extremely rare for the Spanish population, but even more so back then. He was famed as a man of great strength.
His political life was also extremely complex.
He served both KingFelipe II, and Felipe III, spoke with Saint Teresa of Jesus and the multi-talented playwright, poet, and novelist Lope de Vega, who praised him in a work and in a sonnet.
Flandes te diga, e