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Entendida como el conjunto de «todo tipo de artefactos, sistemas, procedimientos y acciones humanas que se aplican en la obtención y transformación de materiales, así como la producción de nuevos artefactos con el fin de su aprovechamiento», la técnica es un ámbito de conocimiento capital en el desarrollo de la civilización. LA TÉCNICA EN EL MUNDO ANTIGUO: UNA INTRODUCCIÓN nos da un panorama conciso y completo de los principales recursos y logros del mundo grecorromano, que, heredero de procedimientos y herramientas ya inventados en Egipto y el Próximo Oriente, amplió las...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

The riveting story of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage—now updated with a new introduction commemorating the 500th anniversary of his journey. “Prodigious research, sure-footed prose and vivid descriptions make for a thoroughly satisfying account... it is all here in the wondrous detail, a first-rate historical page turner.”— New York Times Book Review Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning...