History of the Indies
- ISBN-10
- 0061315400
- ISBN-13
- 9780061315404
- Category
- History / Expeditions & Discoveries
- Pages
- 302
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1971
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Author
- Bartolomé de las Casas
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