The Rowan Gibbs Book Collection
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Descripción de la Sinapia
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peninsula en la tierra austral - ed. Avilés Miguel Three editions in the original Spanish of this very early anonymous utopian novel set in Sinapia (an anagram of Ispania) situated at the antipodes of Spain, viz. New Zealand. The work was unknown until 1975, and the manuscript was first edited and published in that year. The date it was written is still debatable, either 17th or early 18th century, perhaps as early as 1682. Three editions, all softcover, in various conditions. Sinapia: Una Utopia Española del Siglo de las Luces, ed. Miguel Fernandez (Editora Nacional, Madrid, 1976). Descripción de la Sinapia, peninsula en la tierra austral, ed. Miguel Avilés (Editorial Dykinson, Madrid 2010). Descripción de la Sinapia, peninsula en la tierra austral, ed. Miguel Avilés (Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid 2011).
