About “Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias”
Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias is an epic poem written by Juan de Castellanos in the late sixteenth century, with composition spanning from the late 1500s into the early 1600s. It is one of the longest literary works documenting the Spanish conquest of the Americas. The poem contains approximately 150,000 hendecasyllabic verses, making it a significant and extensive account of the period. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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