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Request by ship master for license to travel to the Indies.

Script style: Mix of "Cortesana" and "Procesal" scripts. Place: Seville. Content: Ship captain Sebastián Hernández and his business associates notify officials of Casa de la Contratación de las Indias that he is about to depart in a transatlantic sailing to Cabo de Vela, in the Indies, with goods sent on his ship by several individuals. Source: Archivo General de Indias, Contratació, 1079, fo. 840r.

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