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Vasco da Gama y el Descubrimiento de Oceanía

Luis Vidart Schuch · 1895

A 19th-century Spanish scholarly book studying Vasco da Gama and the discovery of Oceania.

A later scholarly book studying da Gama's voyages and their place in the history of discovery.

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Title page of a book in Spanish: 'Vasco da Gama y el Descubrimiento de Oceanía, Apuntes Histórico-Geográficos, por Luis Vidart', with author credentials below, and imprint 'Madrid, Imprenta de los Hijos de M. G. Hernández, 1895'. Yellowed paper with a small decorative ornament.
Luis Vidart Schuch, Vasco da Gama y el Descubrimiento de Oceanía, Madrid, 1895.

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What it is

This is the title page of a Spanish-language book, Vasco da Gama y el Descubrimiento de Oceanía, Apuntes Histórico-Geográficos, written by Luis Vidart and printed in Madrid in 1895.

Why it matters

Written over three centuries after da Gama's voyages, this book is a later scholarly study rather than an eyewitness account. It shows how historians in the 19th century studied and wrote about Gama's achievements and their connection to the wider story of geographic discovery, including the Pacific.

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