Note 622 — CON RUMBO A LA ESPERANZA Vicente Blasco Ibáñez[574]
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la Mancha, region in New Castile, Spain, birthplace of Don Quijote, hero of Cervantes’ novel, The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quijote of La Mancha. The esforzado hidalgo mentioned in line 5 is Don Quijote.