Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de

Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de (äntō`nyō thā ārā`rä ē tôrthāsē`lyäs), 1559?–1625, Spanish historian. Appointed official historiographer of Castile and the Indies under Philip II, he wrote a general history of the New World (1601), a history of Philip's reign (1601–12), and various other works dealing with his own times. He had access to official documents, and his facts are generally reliable.