Más allá de los mares conocidos. Cinco siglos de la expedición Magallanes-Elcano

Un sentido de ironía poética se registra cuando se aprende que Escocia nunca ganó una batalla militar importante cuando las probabilidades estaban a su favor.

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Incluye 92 mapas de historia del período indicado, abarcando el medio geográfico e incluyendo en él más relevantes hechos políticos (gobiernos, conflictos e infraestructuras estatales), sociales (agricultura, economía y comercio, colonizaciones) y culturales religión, literatura, arte, desarrollo urbano).

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...