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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

En este segundo libro aborda, en ocho artículos, la persistente búsqueda de un paso interoceánico que atravesara aquella masa continental, un paso que acortara la comunicación entre ambos océanos, y aproximara a Europa y Asia. Aquel rastreo empezó 400 años antes de la construcción del canal de Panamá. La búsqueda de comunicación entre los dos océanos fue uno de los sondeos más tempranos. Bajo el reinado de Carlos I (1500-1558) ya se pensó que el continente era un obstáculo infranqueable, que solamente sería superado si se forjaba un pasaje artificial que uniera el río Grande...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

"El libro que hoy sugerimos como publicación de interés revive de forma clara y sencilla, este ambiente cultural italiano del siglo XVIII donde incansables artistas, boquiabiertos viajeros y concienzudos estudiosos de viejas ruinas y nuevos hallazgos, todos ellos españoles, pues el libro estudia la presencia cultural española, se devanaban los sesos tratando de aprovechar al máximo el tiempo de estancia que tenían asignado siempre, a su parecer, escaso."(Web Librería Antes) Aristócratas insolventes, aventureros cosmopolitas, arqueólogos ilustrados y artistas canallescos reunidos en...