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Galvez, Jose, marquess de la Sonora (sh) and arterial murmur (medicine)


Galvez, Jose, marquess de la Sonora (sh)




born 1720, Velez-Malaga, Spain
died 1787, Aranjuez

Spanish colonial administrator.

He was noted for his work as inspector General in New Spain (Mexico), in 1765-71, where he reorganized the tax system, formed a government tobacco monopoly, and occupied Upper California. As minister of the Indies (America) from 1775, he worked to expand commerce. He devised the intendancy system that was introduced in 1786. Galvez is considered Spain's greatest colonial administrator.


arterial murmur (medicine)


arterial murmur


A murmur heard on auscultating an artery.