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VIGNERAS, LOUIS-ANDRE The Discovery of South America and the Andalusian Voyages (Studies in the History of Discoverers)
University of Chicago Press, 1976. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Maps in text. Large chip on front of dust jacket, dust jacket edge wear, very light page toning, shelf wear. "In 1499 the 'minor' or Andalusian voyages took over the task of discovery which had begun with Columbus's sighting of the South American coast. These voyages reveled and explored the continuous coastline from northeast Brazil to Panama, and paved the way for the conquest of the new continent, and inaugurated trade. The leaders of the expeditions laid the foundations of the Spanish empire in South America.".
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