Martí Joan de Galba (; died 1490) was once considered to be the co-author of the famous

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epic '' Tirant lo Blanch'', which he worked on after the death of his friend,

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. But the nature of his contributions have been called into question, based on differences in the manuscript and the first printed edition by . David H. Rosenthal, one of the two translators of the work into English, notes a consistency in the portions attributed to Galba; especially place-names and his familiarity with

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's ''Travels''. However, the philologist,

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, suggests that Galba's role was limited to copy editing; such as dividing the book into chapters. Joan Roís de Corella has been cited as a more likely source for any substantive additions to the text.

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* 1490 deaths Medieval Catalan-language writers 15th-century Spanish writers Year of birth unknown 15th-century people from the Kingdom of Aragon {{Valencia-stub