PEDRO DE ONA
\pˈɛdɹə͡ʊ dəɹ ˈə͡ʊnə], \pˈɛdɹəʊ dəɹ ˈəʊnə], \p_ˈɛ_d_ɹ_əʊ d_ə_ɹ ˈəʊ_n_ə]\
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A Chilian poet; born in Confines, Araucania, about 1560; died in Lima about 1620. His great work "Arauco Domado" (Conquered Chili: 1596) consisted of nineteen cantos. It is said to be one of the finest of epic poems. A second edition appeared in 1605, and one in 1849. He also wrote a poem "The Lima Earthquake of the Year 1609"; several sonnets; and a heroic poem, "Ignacio de Cantabria" (1639).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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