Arozas y ferrones

Este libro aborda la expansión del horizonte geográfico y la puesta en contacto del Viejo Mundo con África y Asia y con el Nuevo Mundo. Desde las exploraciones portuguesas por las cosas africanas en el siglo XV, hasta el descubrimiento y ocupación de Australia en el XVIII, desfila por esta obra la saga de una empresa colectiva en la que se ne el interés económico a motivaciones ideológicas, militares o políticas. Se comparan los imperios coloniales y, tras tratar las consecuencias de los descubrimientos en Europa, se estudian los nuevos imperios del XVII, une se reparten el mundo a...

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...

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...

Después de la conquista española, los libros conocidos con el nombre genérico de Chilam Balam fueron redactados en lengua maya, con caracteres latinos. Estos libros conservan las tradiciones, mitos y costumbres de los antiguos mayas. Su contenido es histórico-religioso y su narración se extiende desde el siglo V hasta la época del dominio español.