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- Ejemplos de uso en todas las entradas. - Todas las frases están ordenadas alfabéticamente en varios bloques temáticos: animales, alimentos, familia, países... - Indicaciones de uso y contexto: vulgar, humorístico, etc. - Incluye un índice alfabético general que permite a los usuarios localizar fácilmente cualquier frase. - Apéndice de siglas. - Una obra de consulta muy útil y práctica para todos los interesados en conocer en profundidad la lengua francesa.

What cities were there in early 16th-century Spain? With how many inhabitants? Were they fortified? And how many leagues apart were they? Those are the questions that Ferdinand Columbus tried to answer in his Vocabulary containing the names of the places and kingdoms of Spain. The present edition reconstructs the "cosmographic" endeavor of Christopher Columbus’ youngest son based on two codices from the Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina of Seville.

Meeting the needs of today's Hispanic population, Holman offers these two efficient and effective tools for testifying at special events or using in missionary work.

Presents English definitions of over four thousand Spanish language idioms and colloquialisms, grouped according to Spanish key word, and includes example sentences, matching English expressions, and a Spanish-English index.