Cartography and Power in the Conquest and Creation of New Spain

Latin American Research Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-36

  Craib, Raymond B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0009016884     PISSN: 00238791     EISSN: 15424278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002387910001829X     Document Type: Article

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