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Misfortunes and Shipwrecks in the Seas of the Indies, Islands, and Mainland of the Ocean Sea (1513-1548) : Book Fifty of the General and Natural History of the Indies /

These tales of seafaring and shipwrecks have been translated into English from Oviedo's 16th-century reports on the perils and disasters experienced by travellers to and from the New World. These narratives contain important information about colonial navigation, meteorology, geography, shippin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fernández de Oviedo y Valdes, Gonzalo, 1478-1557
Otros Autores: Dille, Glen F., 1940-2019
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Español
Publicado: Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:These tales of seafaring and shipwrecks have been translated into English from Oviedo's 16th-century reports on the perils and disasters experienced by travellers to and from the New World. These narratives contain important information about colonial navigation, meteorology, geography, shipping, trade routes, and sociology.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (252 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813045702