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Després que el papa Bonifaci VII enfeudés a Jaume II el regne de Sardenya, l'illa entra en l'òrbita política catalano-aragonesa a principis del segle xiv. El vincle amb la Corona d'Aragó es reforça a mitjan segle xv, però sobretot són les reformes de Ferran el Catòlic les que modernitzen Sardenya i preludien la integració polític-institucional del regne en la Monarquia composta dels Àustries. Després de sofrir la controvertida destinació de la política imperial de Carles V, la voluntat política de Felip II determina, en la segona meitat del xvi, la consolidació definitiva de...

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La empresa del descubrimiento, exploración, conquista y colonización de América, representa un esfuerzo verdaderamente gigantesco de la España católica, si bien se consideran, de una parte, el estado de esta, empobrecida y desangrada durante ocho siglos de guerras, con una población que no pasaba de los nueve millones de almas, y, de otra parte, la distancia y extensión de las tierras exploradas y colonizadas, y cuanto en ellas hizo la metrópoli en el trascurso de tres siglos. En suma, al ambiente americano se unieron lo étnico, lo social, lo político, lo económico, lo científico...

When looking at historical photographs of Guadalupe residents, one sees the faces that represent the area s unique and diverse past. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Chumash and mapped by Spanish explorers, Guadalupe was first named in the 1840s Mexican land grant honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, the title given to the Virgin Mary. Through the years, waves of immigrants made their way to Guadalupe to take advantage of the fertile soil and unique geographic features, the most prominent of which are the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, which contain some of the tallest sand dunes on Earth and have...