Luis de Carvajal de la Cueva

In 1579 Philip II awarded a large territory in New Spain to a Portuguese man named Luis de Carvajal. That territory included a significant portion of present day Mexico, as well as portions of Texas and New Mexico. This remarkable man discovered, conquered, and settled most of that territory. He also brought a large group of settlers from Spain and Portugal whose impact on its cultural development was very significant. Many of those settlers were of Jewish descent and some of them were tried by the Inquisition for practicing the faith of their ancestors. This book is a biography of Carvajal...

Discusses the various features of Australia, including its climate, mountains, rivers, lakes, animals, vegetation, coral reefs, flightless birds, population, and cities, and history of the Aborigines.

Siete años después de Poeta en diwan, el nuevo libro de Martínez Sarrión está integrado por poemas breves, figurativos, elípticos y concentrados al máximo, escritos en un estilo en apariencia «noble», pero socavado por la sorna. Dos bloques temáticos conforman la obra: un conjunto de preceptos búdicos, tal vez apócrifos, para manejarse en este mundo y este tiempo, y una serie de motivos para la contemplación, muy concretos y humildes, provistos de «aura» y ligados a la remota memoria infantil del poeta y a un abolido mundo mítico-rural con ecos de Cesare Pavese. El título del ...

Estudio completo y actualizado de la Geografía española, planteado con un carácter eminentemente práctico para que los alumnos puedan superar con éxito las pruebas de acceso a la Universidad (PAU).

Helps children deal with grief by showing how a young boy explores his feelings about loss and sadness after the death of his pet.