Indianos, precursors of educational philanthropy in Galicia (1607-1699)

In this article we make a first recount and analysis of the philanthropic a ctions undertaken in the educational area by indiano Galicians during the 1 7th century, prelude of a long duration character. The content of the work is focused on the personal and professional profile of donors, their geogra phic settlement, the chronologic distribution of the contributions they mad e, their financial dimension, the payees and specific uses that they confer red them, the realizations they started and the motivations underlying thei r remittances. The provisional balance shows a total of 12 benefactors and wealth relatively substantial and plural.