How the Spaniards Got There First
World Without End: Spain, Philip II, and the First Global Empire
by Hugh Thomas
January 14, 2016 issue
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John Edwards is a Research Fellow in Spanish at Oxford. His books include The Spain of the Catholic Monarchs 1474–1520, Ferdinand and Isabella, and The Inquisitors.
(January 2016)How the Spaniards Got There First
World Without End: Spain, Philip II, and the First Global Empire
by Hugh Thomas
January 14, 2016 issue
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