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Pedro de Morales

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Pedro de Morales (1538–1614) was a Spanish religious writer.

In 1579, a letter he sent to Pope Gregory XIII regarding festivities surround relics contained the first known record of the word chocolate as of 2010.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Swanton, Michael; de Ávila, Alejandro; van Doesburg, Bas (2010). "Comments on Kaufman and Justeson: "The History of the Word for Cacao in Ancient Mesoamerica"". Ancient Mesoamerica. 21: 436. doi:10.1017/S0956536111000186.