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                          WORKS ISSUED BY

                        The Hakluyt Society.


                           THE CONQUEST

                                OF

                          THE RIVER PLATE.


                  FIRST SERIES. NO. LXXXI-MDCCCXCI




                           THE CONQUEST

                                OF

                          THE RIVER PLATE

                            (1535-1555).


                                I.

              VOYAGE OF ULRICH SCHMIDT TO THE RIVERS LA
                        PLATA AND PARAGUAI.

              _FROM THE ORIGINAL GERMAN EDITION,