Baltasar Martínez Compañón

Spanish prelate who served as Bishop of Trujillo, Peru, at Trujillo Cathedral, and Archbishop of Bogotá, New Granada. His most remarkable efforts were the research of Trujillo's Indians and their local plants, animals, archaeological ruins, music and native culture. (b. 1737, Cabredo, Spain - d. 1797, Bogotá, Colombia)