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Mercator's Nuevo Atlas de los Reynos de Escocia e Irlanda (1662)
Blauer’s Atlas novus, which incorporates Mercator's cylindrical projection, condenses the astounding evolution that cartography had gone through since…
Diego de Valera's Crónica de Hyspaña (1534). Fol. 92r
This chronicle on the ancient history of Spain and compendium of that of Castile down to the reign of King Juan II was commissioned by Isabella the Catholic. Fol. 92r (col. 2) reports the landing in Galicia of John of Gaunt with his troops. It was…
A sermon on the martyrdom of St Thomas of Canterbury. Fol. 128r
An unknown sermon on the martyrdom of Thomas Becket, murdered by knights of Henry II, King England. The cult of the saint arrived in Castile through the daughter of the English monarch, Elaeonor Plantagenet, wife to Alfonso VIII and Queen Consort of…