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Andres García de Céspedes was Royal Cosmographer to Philip III of Spain and taught cosmography at the school for navigators in Seville.

He published his Regimiento de nauegacion q[ue] mando haser el rei nuestro señor por orden de su Conseio Real de las Indias a Andres Garcia de Cespedes in Madrid in 1606.This comprehensive navigation manual includes detailed sailing directions for the West Indies, New Spain, Rio de la Plata and the Pacific coast of South America.