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The Ganigo of Guadajume (3/3): Killing Peraza

A recreation of an ancient Gomeran woman according to Leonardo Torriani circa 1590 (source: Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra, catalogue number Ms. 314, f. 81r.)

To commemorate 20 November 1488, the day La Gomera allegedly uprose against Fernán Peraza the Younger, the Castilian lord of the island, we are going to continue our previous couple of posts on this important historical milestone with an unpublished testimony that sheds more light on the events and propose a new hypothesis based on these data.

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