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When the Spaniards finally realised that Columbus and his immediate successors had discovered neither Cathay nor the real Indies , one of their chief preoccupations was to find a way round the American barrier to the coveted spice ...
When the Spaniards finally realised that Columbus and his immediate successors had discovered neither Cathay nor the real Indies , one of their chief preoccupations was to find a way round the American barrier to the coveted spice ...
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This was the chance for which the Spaniards had long been waiting , and Lavezares at once accepted the offer . The envoys selected were two Augustinian friars , Martín de Rada and Jerónimo Marín , accompanied by two military men ...
This was the chance for which the Spaniards had long been waiting , and Lavezares at once accepted the offer . The envoys selected were two Augustinian friars , Martín de Rada and Jerónimo Marín , accompanied by two military men ...
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one During the Portuguese blockade of the Spaniards on Cebú in 1568 , Fr. Martín de Rada , as the recognised scientific expert of his side , spent much time in demonstrating to the Portuguese commander , Gonçalo Pereira , that the ...
one During the Portuguese blockade of the Spaniards on Cebú in 1568 , Fr. Martín de Rada , as the recognised scientific expert of his side , spent much time in demonstrating to the Portuguese commander , Gonçalo Pereira , that the ...
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INTRODUCTION | xvii |
i The Report of Galeote Pereira | 3 |
ii The Treatise of Fr Gaspar da Cruz O P | 45 |
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