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...

Excerpt from Cuba Española: Reseña Histórica de la Insurrección Cubana en 1895 Preciso era, no obstante, que desde el principio se evitasen riesgos y escollos, entre los cuales pudiera zozobrar la empresa. Al cambio de ideas y principios, debía acompañar un cambio no menos radical de conducta. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the...

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Más de 700 imágenes procedentes de los archivos de Magnum-Contraste, Roger Viollet y Giunti, realizadas por maestros de la fotografía como Robert Capa o Henri Cartier-Bresson ilustran este magnífico recorrido por la más devastadora guerra “total” que invo

Viajero incansable, Armando Fuentes Aguirre, Catón, recorre todos los caminos de México. No hay estado del país al que no lo hayan llevado sus andanzas. Quien ame esta patria y quiera sentir su genio y su figura, su corazón y su alma, encontrará en este libro motivos para amarla más profundamente y conocerla mejor. Catón hace un recuento de sus vivencias a lo largo y ancho del país que deriva en un crisol de la cultura popular mexicana: los mercados, la música, las iglesias, la gente, entre muchas otras cosas. En cada una de estas páginas, el lector sentirá el latido de nuestro...