Camões, Luís de,  1524?-1580 <br/><br/>
Los Lusíadas: Poema épico en diez cantos 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Lus%C3%ADadas Wikipedia page about this book: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_lusiadas  Release date is 2021-03-10 
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<br/><br/> "Los Lusíadas: Poema épico en diez cantos" by Luís de Camões is an epic poem first published in 1572. Written in ten cantos of ottava rima, this Portuguese national epic celebrates Vasco da Gama's discovery of a sea route to India. Blending history with mythology, the poem features gods, nymphs, and sea monsters alongside Portuguese explorers. Through grand speeches and vivid descriptions, Camões transforms Portugal's voyages of discovery into a Homeric saga that rivals the ancient epics of Virgil and Homer. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Gama, Vasco da, 1469-1524 -- Poetry Explorers -- Portugal -- Poetry India -- Discovery and exploration -- Poetry Portugal -- Colonies -- Asia -- Poetry Epic poetry, Portuguese -- Translations into Spanish Portuguese poetry -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- Translations into Spanish 
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