Elcano, viaje a la historia. Edición V Centenario

El 9 de septiembre de 1522, desembarcaron en el puerto de Sevilla dieciocho hombres famélicos y agotados que acababan de dar la primera vuelta al mundo. Ese mismo día, un puñado de miembros de esa misma expedición se encontraba a miles de kilómetros en medio del Pacífico, luchando por salvar la vida, bajo el mando de Gonzalo Gómez de Espinosa. Pero, ¿quién era ese tal Espinosa? ¿Un hombre de armas que no temía ensuciarse las manos? ¿Cómo se convirtió en el sustituto de Magallanes y en pieza clave para llegar a las islas de las Especias atravesando el hemisferio castellano?...

Este libro es producto de una reflexión que, sobre el departamento de Santander, promovió la Universidad. En este encuentro, donde participan diversas miradas, se le da continuidad al interés que tiene la institución por suscitar la reflexión y el análisis de la realidad que vive nuestro entorno, buscando aportar pensamiento al proceso de construcción de una sociedad que sueña con un mejor futuro.

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This volume contains several oral accounts that were preserved from the Yoruba tradition that allows us to explore our roots. Their exchanges are steeped in cultural rituals, references, and principles that distinguishes them. In this book, the author looks at the meyi, one part of the te two categories comprised of the Ifa.

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