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2. See especially the up-to-date bibliography in Lina Rodrígez CachoHistoria y experienciasHistoria y crítica de la literatura españolaF.López EstradaSiglos de Oro: Renacimiento. Primer suplemento1991 109 130 Barcelona see, also, the bibliographies inRepresentations33 Winter, 1991 David A. BradingThe First America. The Spanish Monarchy, Creole Patriot, and the Liberal State, 1492–18671991 Cambridge Michel de Certeau In contrast to this literature on conquistadores, there are still few studies on the diffusion of information about the New World outside of Spain; but seeHeterologies1986 67 79 trans. Brian Massumi Minneapolis Michel de Certeau on Montaigne; alsoThe Writing of History1988 trans. Tom Conley, New York G. Atkinson Chapter 5 on Jean de Léry; Ambrosini,Paesi e mari, the older but still valuable works byLes nouveaux horizons de la Renaissance francaise1935 Paris Rosario Romeo MilanoLe scoperte americane nella coscienza italiana del Cinquecento1954