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Cover illustration: Juan de Herrera, Plano de Cartagena de las Indias – por el Sargento Mayor Don Juan de Perrera y Sotto Mayor, Ingeniero Militar, 18th century. Map. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, département Cartes et plans, ge sh 18 pf 161 div 9 P 36 D: frbnf44221034.
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