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Despeñaperros Elvina now Elviña Estremadura now
To aid referencing places and names in present-day maps and documents, outdated and current spellings of some proper names follow: Aguilar del Campo, now Aguilar de Campóo, Albuquerque, now Alburquerque, Alcaniz, now Alcañiz, Alemtejo, now Alentejo, Aljafferia, now Aljafería, Aljubarotta, now Aljubarrota, Almanza, now Almansa, Ampurdam, now Ampurdán, Arens de Mar, now Arenys de Mar, Arguelles, now Argüelles, Baylen, now Bailén, Bergara, now Vergara, Bidassoa, now Bidasoa, Biscay, now Vizcaya, Busaco, now Buçaco, Cacabellos, now Cacabelos, Cascaes, now Cascais, Castro Gonzalo, now Castrogonzalo, Compostella, now Compostela, Constantino, now Constantín (Baralla, Lugo), Cordova or Cordoue, now Córdoba, Corunna, now La Coruña, Despeña Perros, now Despeñaperros, Elvina, now Elviña, Estremadura, now Extremadura (for Spain), and Estremadura (for Portugal), Freneda, now Freineda, Gihon, now Gijón, Guadalaviar (river),
— from A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809 From the Treaty of Fontainbleau to the Battle of Corunna by Charles Oman


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