Toward a Contemporary City

Jorge Garcia Montes was born in New York, United States, on october 19, 1898. His father, Jose Maria Garcia Montes, was exiled during the war of Cuba's independence against the Spaniards. Later, he became the first Secretary of Finance in 1902 with the first President of the Republic of Cuba, Tomas Estrada Palma. He studied at the University of Havana, where he graduated with a Law degree in 1917. An eminent student, he recieved several awards, among them the Lanuza prize. Elected to the House of Representatives from the Province of Santa Clara, Garcia Montes was a member of the Liberal...

En la mayor parte de la historia humana, los mares y los océanos han supuesto la principal forma de intercambio y comunicación de larga distancia entre pueblos, tanto para el comercio como para la expansión de ideas. Este libro traza la historia de la interacción humana a través de las principales masas de agua del planeta y analiza nuestra relación con los océanos remontándose a la época de los primeros viajeros. David Abulafia comienza con la primera comunidad marítima, los polinesios del Pacífico, que poseían intuitivas habilidades de navegación mucho antes de la invención...

This academic book explores the life and contributions of Pedro Sánchez de la Hoz, a sixteenth-century Spanish merchant, conquistador, and adelantado. As secretary to Pizarro during the conquest of Peru, Sánchez de la Hoz wrote a firsthand account of the Spanish conquest of Peru and Incan ethnography, which is presented here, and includes some of the most significant campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, which was led by conquistador Francisco Pizarro, his brothers, and indigenous allies. This conquest paved the way for the establishment of the Viceroyalty of Peru and spin-off...

A reissue of a paperback quietly published in 1995, but then just as quietly pulled off the shelves, claims that Nazis not only survived, but were able to secretly conquer many of the halls of world power through the use of evil magic. Reissue.