Tomas Marin de Poveda, 1st Marquis of Canada Hermosa (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tomas Lopez Marin y Gonzalez de Poveda, 1st Marquis of Canada Hermosa (Spanish: Tomas Lopez Marin y Gonzalez de Poveda, primer Marques de Canada Hermosa) (February 26, 1650 - October 8, 1703) was a Spanish colonial administrator who served as Royal Governor of Chile.Tomas Marin de Poveda was born in Lucar, Almeria Province, the son of Tomas Lopez Marin and Maria Gonzalez de Poveda. He came to America in 1687 with his uncle, who had been named Archbishop of Charcas, in present-day Bolivia. Afterwards, in 1670, he moved to Chile for the first time with the retinue of governor Juan Henriquez.He later returned to Spain, where he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and named Royal Governor of Chile on July 1, 1683. However, he was forced to wait for the term of the serving governor, Jose del Garro, to expire before travelling to take up his post, this meant that he could not assume until 1692.