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Samuel Edward Cook. English intellectual who did not hide his fascination with the Spanish bull during the nineteenth century

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reproduce the text found in a work on geography in which reflects the taste for bulls that had an English researcher.

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"Cook.

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Samuel Edward Cook (1789-1856, whose name is transliterated as Cooke in some biographies of Lyell and later surnamed Widdrington ) was not the Captain Cook (1728-1779) had discovered Australia, but was also an English sailor and a great traveler, one of the many English visitors who toured Spain in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but perhaps one of the better conocerala reached.

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was a great fondness for geology, zoology and bulls and was a member of the Royal Society. When he retired from the Navy he traveled between 1829 and 1832 and toured the Iberian Peninsula from north to south and from east to west, was on this occasion when he accompanied Charles Lyell to the Pyrenees.

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in 1840 adopted the surname of his mother, Widdrington, a wealthy heiress. With this name he returned to Spain in 1843 to study whether phosphate deposits Extremadura Achievement could be used as fertilizer in England, also visiting the mines of Almaden and the mining area of \u200b\u200bAsturias. Was very favorably impressed by the Directorate General of Mines, the Prado Museum and the Natural Science and bullfights were held in the Plaza Mayor of Madrid , but not so much by the English. He struggled with police, who accused him of being involved in the statements occurred in Castile.

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As a result of his travels published two books: Sketches in Spain During The years 1829, 30 and 31 (Pictures of Spain during the years 1829, 30 and 31) and Spain and the Spaniards in 1843 (1844. Spain and the English in 1843) became a big success. "

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References:

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VIRGIL, Carmina (2003) "The end of myths geological Lyell." Nivola books and editions, SL, Madrid, pp. 278

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Image source: http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5285018

JOSÉ GUTIÉRREZ DE LA VEGA (SEVILLE, 1791-1865)
Portrait of Captain Samuel Edward Cook, R.N., (later Widdrington) (1787-1856), bust-length, in uniform, wearing the Dom João VI Gold Medal, second class, and the insignia of an honorary knight commander of The Military Order of the Tower and Sword, Portugal
with identifying inscription (on a label on the reverse)
oil on canvas
28¼ x 22 in. (72 x 56 cm.)
Circa 1830

Más información sobre este amante of the bull:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Edward_Cook

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