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...

Habiendo pasado cinco años cautivo en un castillo francés, Fernando VII regresó a España en 1814. Tras abolir la Constitución, disolver las Cortes y dar por nulo todo lo obrado por ellas, el monarca despachó una poderosa expedición a América con el objeto de poner punto final a los procesos revolucionarios del continente. Al mando de Pablo Morillo, el llamado Ejército Pacificador sitió exitosamente a Cartagena a finales de 1815 y aniquiló posteriormente en un suspiro la revolución en la totalidad del Nuevo Reino. A pesar de que el rápido desplome de las Provincias Unidas auguraba ...

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...

¿Cómo y por qué se escribe un libro de historia? En este volumen, dieciséis destacados historiadores nos abren sus "talleres". Sus ensayos, además de elucidar importantes problemas del pasado, nos revelan los métodos de investigación del historiador moderno.

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