2. Isabel Moctezuma Isabel Moctezuma was the daughter of Moctezuma II and his wife Teotlalco. She was their first born child. Throughout her life she had 5 different husbands which was very uncommon for women in their culture. She was married later in life to a prominent conquistador and became a model of Hispanicized Indian womanhood, because of her success in that marriage. Her last marriage was to a man named Juan Cano de Saavedra and they were married the most. During that marriage she bore 5 children. Isabel died in 1550.
3. Antonio de Gouveia Antonio de Gouveia was an Azorean priest who lived during the 16th Century. Born in 1528 to a family of Christians, he was made a deacon at about 20 years of age. He had a deceptive charm, and he used this to get many people to like and trust him. He was accused of having a pact with the devil during the Spanish Inquisition, and because of that he escaped to Portugal and applied for a membership in the New Society of Jesus, where he was received into the order in 1555. He moved around for years, never staying in the same place for long. He was remembered for his strange charm.
4. Francisca: Indian Slave Francisca was an Indian slave woman from the city of Belem du Para. She was born somewhere between 1700 and 1705, and was it was during her adolescence when she was taken to Para in 1718 where she was forced into slavery. She served in Anna de Fonte’s house for 20 years before she brought her petition for freedom before authorities. She is known and remembered for her great strength and survival as a woman in slavery during this time.
5. Enrico Martinez Enrico Martinez was a printer and engineer. He journeyed to Veracruz Mexico in 1589, a European emigrant who wanted to see the New World for himself. He was born in Hamburg about 1557. When he arrived in Mexico he began publishing books of a variety of topics. His mission was to discover the truth about the nature of the world, and also exercised a strong belief in astrology, and sound science. Because of his beliefs he was eventually imprisoned in 1629, but continued to write.
6. Miguel Hernandez Miguel Hernandez was a free Mulatto who lived a good, full life in sixteenth-century Mexico. He had a long life where he married, raised a family, and lived to see his children find their own place in the world. He was well educated, and a free man of color with many skills. He had a business that was very successful, as he was an aggressive and enterprising man who was not afraid of taking risks. He died suddenly in 1604, and was survived by his wife and children.
