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Why did the author probanzas de meritos choose to write in the way that they did? What should we consider when we interpret these documents today

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“The Spanish explorers hoped to find cities of gold, so they made their discoveries sound as wonderful as possible in these letters to convince the Spanish crown to fund more voyages”
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