Epistola de insulis nuper inventis
aka Cartas que anunciaron el descubrimiento de las Indias
Letter on the Newly Discovered Islands
Author
Year
1493
Country
Genoa
Genre
Correspondence / Letters
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Letter written by Columbus in Castellano to Luis de Santángel, the escribano de ración of the Crown of Aragón. Published in 1493, it is best known internationally through a Latin translation published in Basel in 1494.
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