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Isabel Barreto, Navigator of the South Seas and Governor of the Isles of Salomon

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Isabel Barreto, Navigator of the South Seas and Governor of the Isles of Salomon. / Camino Maroto, Mercedes.
Early Modern Women’s Mobility, Authority, and Agency Across the Spanish Empire. ed. / Anne J. Cruz; Alejandra Franganillo. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. p. 55-78.

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Camino Maroto, M 2024, Isabel Barreto, Navigator of the South Seas and Governor of the Isles of Salomon. in AJ Cruz & A Franganillo (eds), Early Modern Women’s Mobility, Authority, and Agency Across the Spanish Empire. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 55-78. https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048557424.003

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Camino Maroto, M. (2024). Isabel Barreto, Navigator of the South Seas and Governor of the Isles of Salomon. In A. J. Cruz, & A. Franganillo (Eds.), Early Modern Women’s Mobility, Authority, and Agency Across the Spanish Empire (pp. 55-78). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9789048557424.003

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Camino Maroto M. Isabel Barreto, Navigator of the South Seas and Governor of the Isles of Salomon. In Cruz AJ, Franganillo A, editors, Early Modern Women’s Mobility, Authority, and Agency Across the Spanish Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2024. p. 55-78 doi: 10.1017/9789048557424.003

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Camino Maroto, Mercedes. / Isabel Barreto, Navigator of the South Seas and Governor of the Isles of Salomon. Early Modern Women’s Mobility, Authority, and Agency Across the Spanish Empire. editor / Anne J. Cruz ; Alejandra Franganillo. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024. pp. 55-78

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