Espacios, climas y aventuras: El Galeón de Filipinas y la fragata de las Marianas en el Pacífico occidental (1680-1700)

The book edited by researchers Thomas Calvo and Paulina Machuca - both members of the project "Proyecto Vencer la distancia" (Overcoming the distance) - comprises the participation of fourteen specialists in the discipline of social sciences. "If the Philippines and Mexico had had very close relationships in the two and a half centuries that the Manila Galleon was sailing (1565-1815), the relations diluted when Mexico chose Independence and the Philippines continued under Spanish domain until 1898. It was precisely these years of disagreement that we were interested in: like all the periods...

Escrito por Jules Michelet, uno de los padres de la ciencia histórica en Francia, este libro es un tratado sobre el Mar a la vez histórico, antropológico y poético.

Atti del Convegno internazionale di studi sul Mediterraneo svoltosi a Genova il 9-10 dicembre 2004. Nell'anno in cui Genova è stata nominata capitale europea della cultura, il convegno discute in tre sezioni – relitti, commerci ed arti figurative – i più recenti risultati degli scavi subacquei e non, riguardanti il triangolo occidentale del Mediterraneo da Populonia alla Spagna. Alcune relazioni presentano scavi giunti all’attenzione del grande pubblico, come quelli delle navi di Pisa-S.Rossore o della metropolitana di Napoli; ma tutti riflettono l’interesse per gli uomini che...

«Tal vez haya llegado el momento de empezar a escribir una nueva historia dela Guerracivil española», nos dice Boris Volodarsky, que fue capitán de los Servicios de Inteligencia Militar de Rusia (GRU) y es el mayor experto en el estudio de los servicios secretos soviéticos. La nueva documentación disponible en la actualidad permite conocer mucho mejor la realidad de la intervención rusa en España y el papel desempeñado por sus agentes: Gerö, Grigúlevich, Philby (enviado originalmente para asesinar a Franco), Koltsov y, en un lugar muy especial, Lev Nikolsky, conocido como Alexander ...

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