Argentina, 1976

La historia de una instituci n de altos estudios tan singular como La Casa de Espa a, y su sucesora El Colegio de M xico -a ya cinco d cadas de su fundaci n- es parte imprescindible de la historia de la cultura en M xico: una historia que est por hacerse y que esta Jornada contribuye a realizar.

El 1574 las prensas de Plantino dieron a la luz la obra del médico español Francisco Arceo de Fregenal “De recta curandorum vulnerum ratione ”. Esta obra, prologada y, tal vez, redactada finalmente por Benito Arias Montano, pondría en circulación los conocimientos médicos del galeno frexnense.

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...

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Durante el óptimo climático, en el siglo XII, el sefardí Benjamín abandonaría su Tudela natal para explorar las rutas de comercio y de peregrinación desde las costas de la India hasta China, en busca de las comunidades judías de su tiempo y que recogería en su Libro de Viajes. Para Julio Verne, fue el mejor geógrafo de la Edad Media. Durante su largo periplo, descubriría el papel fundamental de los comerciantes judíos en las rutas de la seda, de los perfumes y del incienso y los itinerarios de peregrinaciones a Santiago de Compostela, Roma y Jerusalén. Los judíos en las rutas de...