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Thomas Shelton
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1598ā€“1629, England
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Thomas Shelton

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Thomas Shelton (flourished 1598ā€“1629, England) was the first English translator of Don Quixote. His work (1612 and 1620) was based not on Cervantesā€™s originals (1605 and 1615) but on the Velpius edition first published in Brussels in 1607.

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