Resumen

LOPEZ ESPINOSA, José Antonio. Doctor Lázaro de Flores Navarro and the first scientific book written in Cuba. ACIMED [online]. 2005, vol.13, n.5, pp.1-1. ISSN 1024-9435.

Some biographic data are offered about the Sevillan Physician Lázaro de Flores Navarro (162?-1673), author of the first scientific book written in Cuba, and the most eminent of the Spanish doctors who worked in the island during the so-called Hispanic period. The formal characteristics are described and a brief analysis of the content of this work entitled The Art of Sailing, which was written in Havana between 1663 and 1772, and published in Madrid one year later, is made. It is considered a very rare and valuable document, due to its significance for the history of universal nautics, as well as for the Cuban science and culture.

Palabras clave : Famous persons; retrospective bibliography; rare and valuable documents; Cuba.

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