Atrapados en la Revolución Rusa, 1917

Francisco Pizarro (1478 ?-1541), figura central de la Conquista española, como Cortés en México, entró tardíamente en la Historia, cuando a más de cincuenta años descubrió el Perú y sus fabulosas riquezas. Hijo bastardo de un militar hidalgo adinerado y de una criada, Pizarro nació se crió pobre en Estre-madura y fue analfabeto toda su vida. Muy joven, se dejó llevar por los espejismos del Nuevo Mundo descubierto apenas unos diez años atrás. Después de dos décadas de anadanzas infructuosas en zonas marginales del imperio en formació, la fortuna la sonríe : dirige su propia...

An authoritative Latin American political leader and commentator reviews recent developments in the continent.

A study of monetary circulation in the south of the Iberian Peninsula during the Roman occupation prior to the Augustan reforms. The study looks both at the coinage and its wider dispersal and implications.

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