José Antonio de Mendoza was a native of Galicia[1] and a knight of the Order of Santiago.

The report was posthumously published under the title Noticias Secretas de Américas (Secret News From Americas).

The practice was so profitable that merchants were willing to accept the risks Another French influence on science in the colony was Louis Godin, another member of the meridian expedition.

Other French scientists in Peru at this time were Charles Marie de La Condamine and Pierre Bouguer.

Also during his tenure, an Indigenous peoples revolt for freedom occurred at Oruro (1739) and another led by Juan Santos Atahualpa broke out in 1742 in Oxabamba.