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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-11 - Publisher: Stanford University Press
The Spanish Empire is famous for being, at its height, the realm upon which "the sun never set." It stretched from the Philippines to Europe by way of the Ameri
Language: en
Pages: 252
Pages: 252
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Language: en
Pages: 385
Pages: 385
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-22 - Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Compound Remedies examines the equipment, books, and remedies of colonial Mexico City’s Herrera pharmacy—natural substances with known healing powers that f
Language: en
Pages: 304
Pages: 304
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-22 - Publisher: University of Arizona Press
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