Obras Completas de D. Ángel de Saavedra, Duque de Rivas ...

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Cuando Gabriel García Márquez recibió en 1982 el Premio Nobel de Literatura abrió su discurso con un homenaje dedicado a Antonio Pigafetta y a su «libro breve y fascinante, en el cual ya se vislumbran los gérmenes de nuestras novelas de hoy». Este libro relata la expedición, financiada por la Corona de Castilla, de las cinco naves al mando del portugués Magallanes, que, el 10 de agosto de 1519, partía de Sevilla con el fin de buscar el camino más corto hasta las "islas de las Especias". Tres años más tarde, el 8 de septiembre de 1522, y al mando del vasco Juan Sebastián Elcano,...

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...

Diego L pez Rosado relata de qu manera se ha hecho frente al problema del abasto de alimentos y cu les han sido las mayores dificultades desde la fundaci n de Tenochtitl n hasta nuestros d as. Tambi n nos muestra de qu y c mo nos alimentamos y de qu y c mo podremos hacerlo en el futuro.

Ésta es la vieja historia de cómo el mundo moderno ha llegado a convertirse en lo que es en la actualidad contada de una manera nueva y sorprendente, en una perspectiva mundial. Huyendo de las viejas interpretaciones del «ascenso de occidente», el profesor Robert B. Marks nos ofrece una visión en términos de historia global, que desmonta el mito del «milagro europeo» y toma en cuenta el papel desempeñado por Asia, África y América. Una visión que se propone hacernos conscientes de los límites del progreso de que disfrutamos, con la idea de que una mejor comprensión de «la...