text: JosÃ de Acosta ( September\/October 1539 â `` February 15 , 1600 ) was a Spanish 16th-century Jesuit missionary and naturalist in Latin America .
simplified: JosÃ de Acosta ( September\/October 1539 -- February 15 1600 ) , was a Spanish 16th-century Jesuit missionary and naturalist in Latin America .