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What body part did Miguel de Cervantes not have?
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What body part did Miguel de Cervantes not have?

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At the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, Cervantes lost his left hand and forearm and earned himself the nickname “el manco de Lepanto.” (It's a less sonorous epithet in English translation: The guy who came back from Lepanto with only one arm.)
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